Clayton, Tim and Craig, Phil, — END OF THE BEGINNING.
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2002, 1st edn., x, 438pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 4 in text maps, pictorial endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, continuing the stories of some of the men and women first encountered in 'Finest Hour', this book covers the next period from May to November 1942, including the war in the Western Desert of North Africa both in the sands and in the air, reaching a peak in July with 1st battle of El Alamein, with Malta under siege and the attacks on the relief convoys, the eventual break-through of the 2nd battle of El Alamein in November, with many other aspects covered to a lesser extent including the home based bombing campaign, the assault on Dieppe and the life of Guernsey islanders, tiny light bump lower tip of lower board, near fine in a fine dustwrapper,
