First-class historian who attracts excellent review attention. 'An excellent book, unfailingly well written' - John Keegan, Daily Telegraph, on 'Alamein'. 'A magisteral account of the British retreat in Malay... unforgettably well told' - Neal Ascherson, Observer on 'Singapore Burning'.
Colin Smith is the acclaimed author of 'Singapore Burning' and co-author of 'Alamein - War Without Hate'.
Colin Smith, a veteran war correspondent, has built an impressive reputation as a military historian.... a fascinating story. - THE SUNDAY TIMES - 16.08.09 - Max Hastingsgrim revelations about the thousands of allies killed by troops loyal to Vichy. - THE SUNDAY TIMES - 23.08.09 - Our Choice Of The Best Recent Bookshis descriptions of these obscure battlefield encounters are thrilling and his narrative is spruce and peppery. - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 29.08.09 - Christopher SilvesterColin Smith...military historian and reconteur...''''there is much of the flavou of Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy in Smith's delight in arcane detail and rumbustious anecdote.''''a narrative of war that has much of Patrick O'Brian about it.''''there are few who can, like Smith, bring to life these lesser-known battles and the unknown soldiers, sailors and airmen, most of them dead now, who faced death and won these wars for us then. - THE GUARDIAN 24.10.09 - Carmen Callilbattles in dramatic detail, using not only official records and personal diaries, but eyewitness accounts from participants - LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS - December 2009 - Charles Glass'excellent account of a woefully understudied 'war within a war'...Astonishingly, this is the first book' - LITERARY REVIEW - December 2009 - Andrew RobertsColin Smith's light yet detailed touch superbly outlines a wast
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