A review by lenascholman
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson
5.0
Eminently readable insight into WWII power and politics. With so much fiction vaunting the SOE or Netflix shows celebrating Churchill and allied military glory, this book offers a very human counterpoint to the suffering behind the scenes in occupied Europe.
By the time I discovered this book, I had been researching for my own WWII project for five + years. This tome is reminiscent of Margaret MacMilland in terms of intellectual rigour and John Le Carre for page turnability.
By the time I discovered this book, I had been researching for my own WWII project for five + years. This tome is reminiscent of Margaret MacMilland in terms of intellectual rigour and John Le Carre for page turnability.