Monty: The Making Of A General 1887-1942 (1982) By Nigel Hamilton
 
The first of a three volume biography of Bernard Law Montgomery, winner of the Whitbread Award in 1981 for the best biography of the year, the definitive life of the British soldier, covering on the way his Irish antecedents, his childhood and time at Sandhurst, experiences in WW1 on the Western Front, the inter-war years, with the BEF in France and Dunkirk, arrival in the Western Desert and the preparations for battle, the defensive Battle at Alam Halfa, when Rommel tried to encircle him, and the battle at El Alamein when he forced Rommel into retreat.
 
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket and Soft Cover Options Available
876 Pages
In Good Condition