After Dunkirk

After Dunkirk Series, Book 1

De: Lee Jackson

Narrado por: Steve Rausch

In the tradition of grand World War II sagas Beneath a Scarlet Sky and Of Windmills and War, After Dunkirk introduces the Littlefield family, fighting valiantly in the darkest days of the German occupation.

After Dunkirk heralds a stunning new voice in historical epics, a worthy heir to Wouk and Follett.

From the beaches of Dunkirk to the codebreakers of Bletchley Park, from Resistance bombings in the South of France to the machinations in the basements of MI6.

Winston Churchill called it Britain’s finest hour. The Royal Navy evacuated 330,000 soldiers from Dunkirk.

But more than 200,000 were left behind.

On the beaches, Jeremy Littlefield hides for his life. His path home will draw him through the iron will and the unbreakable heart of the French Resistance.

Only a few miles away, his brother, Lance, rallies fellow soldiers to start a trek that will take them across Europe, sabotaging the Germans in a mission tantamount to suicide.

Back in England, their sister, Claire, works at Bletchley Park, cracking the codes that could save the lives of her brothers and thousands of their comrades.

Finally, there is Paul, the cerebral eldest son, working for MI6, who always knows more than he is able to tell his beloved siblings.

After Dunkirk is a panoramic tale of war, love, courage, sacrifice...and betrayal. A family scattered across Europe, doing their duty for king and country while war rages.

©2020 Lee Jackson (P)2020 Severn River Publishing

Greatly described relate of struggle

A nice story of war and the brave support between French and English after Dunkirk

Great Story.

Story is great, even if the dialogue is sometimes a bit stilted, and forced. The reader does a great job with some characters, but others? Why do some British officers have a deep baritone/bass voice, along with, what sounds to me, like an American accent? Still, the characters are well developed, and the story is well crafted and engaging. I look forward to the rest of the series!

great read

a little disappointed with the ending but only leads to the next book. I'll be looking for it

No depth

The story felt superficial, some of the dialogue was too modern, the narration had me laughing out loud at times. I chose this book over another for the series… but, I won’t be moving forward with that intention.

Dunkirk in detail

Strong historical background with an even better story. I’m looking forward to reading the next book.

I learned alot about what happened at the beginning of war after phony war was over

A bit slow first part of book because I didn’t know much about war ships and planes. But as it turned toward the people,e it got so much better. Glad I stayed on to book two now

Grinding through WW2 Cliches

I so wanted to enjoy this book. I’m an amateur WW2 Historian and I went searching for a substantial fictional series in this timeframe.

Alas, After Dunkirk is not it. I fought through 20 chapters and it was work. It was like the characters were moving down a predictable checklist of “twists and turns”. The protagonists were poorly differentiated. Every WW2 cliche in the book were strewn through the pages.

I very rarely abandon a book once I’m deep into it - but I just can’t waste anymore time.

Maybe my “curse of knowledge” of world events prevented me from liking this book.

Great story, can’t wait for next one!

Very good book. Highly recommend for fans of historical fiction. Kept my attention from first chapter.

Great book. terrible narration.

This is a great book with good characters. With British , French and German characters they should have gotten a narrator who could do the accents.

Terrible narration

There is little to distinguish between characters, no French or British accents. Not sure I can listen to the next in the series if it has the same narrator.