Bridge, The (Book 3 Of Airborne Trilogy, The)

Description: Young paratrooper Theo Trickey has had a remarkable war. Boy soldier, commando, intelligence officer - fighting from northern France to the African desert - he barely survived the bloodbath at the Battle of Arnhem. Nursed back to health by Medical Officer Capt. Daniel Garland, Trickey has done more than should be asked of any man in war. But the British field intelligence have one more misson for Trickey: to negotiate with his extraordinary old acquaintance, General Erwin Rommel. The underground resistance have heard whispers that Germany's greatest general wants to save the Fatherland by any means possible... The Bridge is the final instalment of Radcliffe's Airborne trilogy which tells the extraordinary story of a young soldier, a new regiment and how, together, they changed the course of a war.

Review: PRAISE FOR ROBERT RADCLIFFE: 'A rattlingly good yarn, the literary version of a Hollywood blockbuster' New Statesman. 'Radcliffe writes with knowledge and skill ... [A] fascinating and convincing novel' The Times. 'A born storyteller' Sunday Telegraph. 'A historical journey with an all-too human edge' Scotsman.


Author Biography: Robert Radcliffe was born and educated in London. A journalist and advertising copywriter, he also spent ten years working as a commercial pilot, flying all over the world. He is the bestselling author of nine novels, including The Lazarus Child, Under an English Heaven and Dambuster. He lives in Suffolk.

From a million-copy bestselling author comes the third and final instalment in the Airborne trilogy centered on the WW2 parachute regiment.