The Fortress by Alexander Watson

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE SUMMER 2020 A masterpiece. It deserves to become a classic of military history Lawrence James The Times If you read one military history book this year make it Alexander Watsons The Fortress Tony Barber Financial Times From the prizewinning author of Ring of Steel a gripping history of the First World Wars Paperback softback