Stalingrad (book)
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Author | Antony Beevor |
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Country | U.K. |
Language | English |
Subject(s) | History/World War II/Military History |
Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Released | May 6, 1999 |
Pages | 512 |
ISBN | ISBN 0-14-024985-0 (Pbk) |
First published in 1998 by Anthony Beevor, Stalingrad is a narrative history of the epic battle fought around and in the city of Stalingrad during World War II. It was published by Viking Press in 1998. Surprisingly for a work of military history, the book was a major hit, received worldwide critical acclaim from a wide variety of sources and achieved very high sales.
[edit] Prizes
The book won the first Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson History Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature in 1999.