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William Trevor was born in 1928. He is an Irish author and playwright, who has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated four times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer. Read Love and the Summer by William Trevor
Fergal Keane
Fergal Keane was born in London and educated in Ireland. He is one of the BBC's most distinguished correspondents and an award-winning broadcaster and author. He has reported for the corporation from Northern Ireland, South Africa, Asia and the Balkans. He has been awarded a BAFTA, been named reporter of the year on television and radio, winning honours from the Royal Television Society and the Sony Radio Awards, most recently for his Radio 4 series 'Taking a Stand'. Keane has won the George Orwell prize for literature, the James Cameron Prize and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the US Overseas Press Association. He is the author of a number of bestselling books including 'Letter to Daniel' and his memoir 'All of These People.' He lives in London with his wife and two children.
Road of Bones : The Siege of Kohima 1944 - The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire Fergal Keane
1944, a small British force quartered on the Indian border faced over 15,000 Japanese troops, the ensuing battle was desperate, hand-to-hand fighting, strangling, grenades, swords and guns – anything to stave off the Japanese attack. Fergal Keane’s account is balanced,... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2011