Itisthetwentiethcentury’sunrivaledepic:atastaggeringprice,theUnitedStatesanditsalliesliberatedEuropeandvanquishedHitler.InthefirsttwovolumesofhisbestsellingLiberationTrilogy,RickAtkinsonrecountedhowtheyfoughtthroughNorthAfricaandItalytothethresholdofvictory.Nowhetellsthemostdramaticstoryofall--thetitanicbattleforWesternEurope.D-DaymarkedthecommencementoftheEuropeanwar’sfinalcampaign,andAtkinson’srivetingaccountofthatboldgamblesetsthepaceforthemasterlynarrativethatfollows.ThebrutalfightinNormandy,theliberationofParis,thedisasterthatwasOperationMarketGarden,thehorrificBattleoftheBulge,andfinallythethrusttotheheartoftheThirdReich--allthesehistoriceventsandmorecomealivewithawealthofnewmaterialandamesmerizingcastofcharacters.WithTheGunsatLastLight,thestirring#1NewYorkTimesbestsellerandfinalvolumeofthismonumentaltrilogy,AtkinsonhasproducedthedefinitivechronicleofthewarthatunshackledacontinentandpreservedfreedomintheWest.
