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Swordpoint

by John Harris · 1980

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It is 1944 and Monte Cassino has become a Nazi stronghold against the Allied advance through Italy. But Cassino must be taken, and the flamboyantly ambitious Brigadier Heathfield has a plan. This is a gripping, intoxicating story about the men of the North Yorkshires, veterans of Africa, hardened to the world.

Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 285 pages

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