{"product_id":"a-game-of-birds-and-wolves-simon-parkin-9781529353211","title":"A Game of Birds and Wolves","description":"'Compelling' Sunday Times\n'A triumph' Daily Mirror\n'Gripping' Jonathan Dimbleby\n1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Britain is only weeks away from starvation - and with that, crushing defeat.\nIn the first week of 1942 a group of unlikely heroes - a retired naval captain and a clutch of brilliant young women - gather to form a secret strategy unit. On the top floor of a bomb-bruised HQ in Liverpool, the Western Approaches Tactical Unit spends days and nights designing and playing wargames in an effort to crack the U-boat tactics. As the U-boat wolfpacks continue to prey upon the supply ships, the Wrens race against time to save Britain.\nWith novelistic flair, investigative journalist Simon Parkin shines a light on Operation Raspberry and these unsung heroines in this riveting true story of war at sea. \n'History writing at its best' Booklist\n 'Splendid . . . Simon Parkin's book rips along at full sail and is full of personality and personalities' \nSunday Express\n 'Vivid, engaging' New Yorker","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482191499552,"sku":"9781529353211","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781529353211.jpg?v=1780696696","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/a-game-of-birds-and-wolves-simon-parkin-9781529353211","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}