’44: In Combat from Normandy to the Ardennes

220pp, central section of black and white photographs. Quarter bound in black cloth over red paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket top edges tanning, has light shelf wear and chipping to edges. 8vo. Recreates the combat soldiers’ world during the campaigns down to the most intimate detail; their weapons, the food they ate, how they learned to cope with the ever-present threat, how they lived in hope and died in agony. Charles Whiting, second world war veteran and historian, Charles also wrote under the names Leo Kessler, Duncan Sterling, Ian Harding, John Kerrigan and others. Almost always writing on a war or military theme, whether fact or fiction, by the time of his death in 2007, Whiting was known as a phenomena of the publishing industry, with more than 350 titles to his (several) names, most associated with accurately researched and well-written war histories and novels with a war background drenched in sex and violence. He has become collectible, especially for novels and histories published under his own name and those of Ian Harding, Leo Kessler and John Kerrigan. We have many titles by the same author – please inquire for discounts if purchasing multiple titles.