{"title":"Fiction--Historical--20th Century--World War II","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-good-shepherd","title":"The Good Shepherd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Good Shepherd\u003c\/em\u003e is a 1955 nautical and war novel by C. S. Forester. First published in the U.S., it illustrates the difficulties of the Battle of the Atlantic: the struggle against the sea, the enemy, and the exhaustion brought on by constant vigilance. It is a riveting classic of WWII and naval warfare from one of the 20th century's masters of sea stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A high and glittering excitement...[Forester] has no master and few peers.\" -\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nothing more exciting has been launched since Hemingway's \u003cem\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"C. S. Forester is the best living writer about the sea.\" -\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Action, tension, tingling suspense...The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II.\" -\u003cem\u003eLife Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1773239910\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781773239910\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Forester, C. S., N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Must Have Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Must Have Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jan 2023)","offer_id":45660038234309,"sku":"9781773239910","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781773239910.jpg?v=1768916945"},{"product_id":"the-cross-of-iron","title":"The Cross of Iron","description":"\u003cp\u003eCROSS OF IRON is the thrilling story of a German platoon cut off far behind Russian lines in the second half of World War II. A resourceful and cynical commander somehow manages to coax his men through the bitter hand-to-hand fighting in forests, trenches and city streets until eventually they regain the German lines. But safety is only temporary. After the tension of waiting for the last overwhelming Russian advance the platoon is forced into futile counter-attacks and murderous house-to-house fighting until its final decimation becomes inevitable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA modern classic of war fiction both as a book and a film, this is a strikingly realistic story of action on the Eastern Front, where the grimness of combat seems to have neither pity nor end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1773237845\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781773237848\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Heinrich, Willi\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Must Have Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Must Have Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2021)","offer_id":46081166672069,"sku":"9781773237848","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781773237848.jpg?v=1776043678"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/collections\/fiction-historical-20th-century-world-war-ii.oembed","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}