Mister Fweem's Blog: Book Review -- Overlord, by Max Hastings

Friday, March 2, 2018

Book Review -- Overlord, by Max Hastings

Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy

Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy by Max Hastings
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Ordinarily I love Max Hastings' books, but this one was kind of a disappointment.

It almost felt like Hastings said, "Well, I have to do a book on D-Day, and D-Day has been done to death, so let's get it over with."

And while he got beyond the official record, I don't feel like he got as much narrative power into this book as he has with his others.

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