During the darkest days of the Second World War, the Allies listened intently to the messages of the enemy. Every whisper built a picture of the threat to come - weapons that were terrifying in their murderous capabilities.
Target London is the dramatic tale of the inception of the German V-weapons, the Allies' epic race to discover the truth about them and the rockets' effects on the streets of London. Investigative historian Christy Campbell brilliantly interweaves the many strands of this gripping episode. At the heart of this tale is London - the target of Nazi Germany's plan to crush British morale.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349123561
Number of pages: 544
Weight: 382 g
Dimensions: 130 x 200 x 37 mm
Detailed and well-researched . . . he has some fascinating material on London's response to this onslaught - Dominic Sandbrook, The Scotsman
The writing is clear and the story compelling - Michael Sherborne, Mail on Sunday
The story is a fascinating blend of drama and symbolism and Campbell has concocted a narrative mix as rich as the ethanol and liquid oxygen cocktail that blasted the V-2 heavenwards - Patrick Bishop, Standpoint
Campbell breaks new ground . . . by combining [the story of Peenemunde] with the story of those on this side of the Channel who tried to chart the rocket scientists' progress through information gleaned from spies, prisoners of war and the code breakers of Bletchley Park . . . an accomplished study - Peter Conradi, The Sunday Times
Campbell conveys these parallel narratives with suspense in a tale that contains numerous twists - Christopher Silvester, Express
This impressively researched yarn takes off like its deadly subjects . . . Campbell deftly unpicks the tangled story that climaxed in 168 deaths in a Woolworth's in New Cross and 500 in The Hague when the RAF tried to take out the V2 launch site. - Tim Birkhead, Independent
Well-researched and digestible . . . - Chris Pavone, Herald
Gripping . . . Investigative historian Campbell writes with the pace and tension of a thriller - Daily Express
This excellent book captures it all. There's a superb account of the codebreakers at Bletchley and the aerial-photograph analysts at Medmenham. Campbell puts it all together beautifully. - Evening Standard (London)
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