The Sinking of the Lancastria
CD Edition
by Jonathan Fenby
narrated by James Goode
Genre: Non-Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Book Reference: DIR2074
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2239 8
Duration: 7h 45m (approx.) on 7 CDs
Publication Date: April 2008
Synopsis
A fortnight after the evacuation at Dunkirk some 150,000 British troops were still stuck in France. As the German advance thundered west these Allied soldiers and airmen were faced with a mad dash to the coast in the hope that a troop-ship awaited them there.
One such vessel was the Lancastria, a 16,000-ton liner pressed into service and now anchored off the port of St-Nazaire. On 17 June 1940, ready to head for home, the ship was bombed by the Luftwaffe. As she sank, almost 4,000 of those on board lost their lives. Re-creating this extraordinary episode, Jonathan Fenby shows us not just the human stories behind the disaster but the cover-up that followed...
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Literary Review
“An admirable achievement.”
The Good Book Guide
“Gripping and moving, Lancastria tells one of the great forgotten stories of WWII.”
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Narrator
More audio books narrated by James Goode:
- Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
- The Dying Wish
- The Name You Once Gave Me
- Zal and Zara and the Great Race of Azamed
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