Dubi reviewed The Last Battle by Stephen Harding
Review of 'The Last Battle' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I'm always wary of making any comments on books in genres I'm not familiar with, because I feel they are uninformed. Suffice it to say then that I'm not familiar with historical nonfiction books, and I've read very little about the second world war, but I certainly enjoyed this book, an unlikely tale that reads like a movie plot, about one of the last battles of the war, taking place after Hitler's suicide, as American, Austrian and repentant German soldiers fought side to side to protect the lives of French dignitaries who were locked up by the Nazis in a castle in the Tyrols.
The story feels alive, not drowning in facts, but also well anchored in historical research, balancing between the needs of narrative coherence and historical accuracy.
It's a curious and small tidbit about WWII, well worth the read.
I'm always wary of making any comments on books in genres I'm not familiar with, because I feel they are uninformed. Suffice it to say then that I'm not familiar with historical nonfiction books, and I've read very little about the second world war, but I certainly enjoyed this book, an unlikely tale that reads like a movie plot, about one of the last battles of the war, taking place after Hitler's suicide, as American, Austrian and repentant German soldiers fought side to side to protect the lives of French dignitaries who were locked up by the Nazis in a castle in the Tyrols.
The story feels alive, not drowning in facts, but also well anchored in historical research, balancing between the needs of narrative coherence and historical accuracy.
It's a curious and small tidbit about WWII, well worth the read.