James Holland

James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign. He knows the ground intimately and expertly. In this gripping, beautifully written book, Holland breathes fresh life into the grim story of Cassin ...

John C. McManus, PhD, author of To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945

James Holland has given us another gripping historical narrative. This one unfolds from the grandeur of a palace turned wartime headquarters to a soon-to-be infamous Italian abbey that came to symbolize the complexi ...

Professor Michael S. Neiberg, author of When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance

Astonishingly thorough and meticulously researched; it should become a standard work on this campaign…A formidable achievement

Telegraph

James Holland has given us another gripping historical narrative. This one unfolds from the grandeur of a palace turned wartime headquarters to a soon-to-be infamous Italian abbey that came to symbolize the complexi ...

Professor Michael S. Neiberg, author of When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance

Astonishingly thorough and meticulously researched; it should become a standard work on this campaign…A formidable achievement

Telegraph

James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign. He knows the ground intimately and expertly. In this gripping, beautifully written book, Holland breathes fresh life into the grim story of Cassin ...

John C. McManus, PhD, author of To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945

James Holland has given us another gripping historical narrative. This one unfolds from the grandeur of a palace turned wartime headquarters to a soon-to-be infamous Italian abbey that came to symbolize the complexi ...

Professor Michael S. Neiberg, author of When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance

Astonishingly thorough and meticulously researched; it should become a standard work on this campaign…A formidable achievement

Telegraph