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The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely friendship, and a lost shipwreck off Normandy - Softcover

Phillips, John Henry

 
9781472146175: The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely friendship, and a lost shipwreck off Normandy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1472146174 ISBN 13: 9781472146175
Verlag: Robinson, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative error he found himself without a hotel room and reliant on the generosity of one of the veterans who had a spare bed. That veteran was Patrick Thomas - and it was an encounter that would change both their lives forever.

Patrick's landing craft, LCH 185, had led the first wave into Sword Beach on D-Day, and stayed off Normandy until the 25th June when an acoustic mine sent it to the seabed along with most of the crew. His story transfixed John, and the resulting search for the shipwreck was to consume him.

Jumping back and forwards in time, between vivid descriptions of the final days on board LCH 185 and John's thrilling search to find the shipwreck, The Search is an emotional story of a devastating time in history, an unlikely, life-changing friendship and a quest to honour a wartime home and family lost over seventy-five years ago.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

JOHN HENRY PHILLIPS is an archaeologist, film-maker and author who was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. In 2020, he produced and appeared in the multi-award-winning documentary No Roses on a Sailor's Grave. He presents The Great British Dig on Channel 4 and runs the non-profit Romani Community Archaeology. The Search is his first book.

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'A thrilling adventure story - expertly crafted with wit, heart, and captivating research' Nick Hayes, author of Book of Trespass

In 2016, archaeologist John Henry Phillips was volunteering with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy. Due to an administrative error he found himself without a hotel room and reliant on the generosity of one of the veterans who had a spare bed. That veteran was Patrick Thomas - and it was an encounter that would change both their lives forever.

Patrick's landing craft, LCH 185, had led the first wave into Sword Beach on D-Day, and stayed off Normandy until 25 June when an acoustic mine sent it to the seabed along with most of the crew. His story transfixed John, and the resulting search for the shipwreck consumed him.

Jumping back and forth in time, between vivid descriptions of the final days onboard LCH 185 and John's thrilling search to find the shipwreck, The Search is an emotional story of a devastating time in history, an unlikely lifechanging friendship and a quest to honour a wartime home and family lost over seventy-five years ago.

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Verlag
Robinson
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1472146174
ISBN 13 
9781472146175
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
336
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