D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 [The Young Readers Adaptation] Audiobook

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• “This version of the much-admired The Guns at Last Light for younger audiences focuses on the drama and the astonishing scale of one of World War II’s pivotal operations: the D-Day invasion…A grand and significant tale told with dash and authority.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “Jason Culp helps focus the drama with his authoritative narration.

  — School Library Journal

• Adapted from Atkinson's adult history of the latter part of WWII, The Guns at Last Light (2013), this is a brisk, busy, gutsy look at modern warfare's most famous offensive.

  — Booklist

• This fine adaptation of Atkinson's adult The Guns at Last Light is a readable, and even suspenseful, account of the final preparations for and successful execution of the D-Day invasion.

  — School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

• This version of the much-admired The Guns at Last Light for younger audiences focuses on the drama and the astonishing scale of one of World War II's pivotal operations: the D-Day invasion . . . A grand and significant tale told with dash and authority.

  — Kirkus Reviews

• A magnificent book . . . Though the story may seem familiar, I found surprising detail on every page . . . Atkinson's account of D-Day is both masterly and lyrical . . . [He] is an absolute master of his material.

  — Max Hastings, The Wall Street Journal

• A tapestry of fabulous richness and complexity . . . Atkinson is a master of what might be called ‘pointillism history,' assembling the small dots of pure color into a vivid, tumbling narrative. . . . The Liberation Trilogy is a monumental achievement . . . densely researched but supremely readable.

  — The New York Times Book Review