The Magic Army

by Leslie Thomas

Book Overview

The war, they said, would be over by Christmas. That was in 1939, and it is now January 1944. An exhausted Britain faces another year of conflict.

Meanwhile, small coastal villages in Devon are facing an invasion from an army just as foreign as that of the Germans. The Americans are smart, well-fed and well-equipped, and they have swept the bewildered citizens of South Devon from their homes in deadly earnest rehearsal for D-Day.

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099469170
• ISBN13: 9780099469179
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Arrow
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

One of My Favourites

I first read this book several years ago, but have always kept a copy on my bookshelves. The story is made all the more poignant by my growing up in southern England during the war years, and with memories of standing by the side of the road calling out to the lorries loaded with "Yanks" 'Got any gum, chum?'. Various candy and chocolate bars--almost unknown to us in those years--were thrown to us from time to time. Delicious memories!