Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of VE Day, this
inspiring book draws from first-hand interviews, diaries and memoirs. It
paints an enthralling picture of a day that marked the end of the war in
Europe and the beginning of a new era.
VE Day affected millions of people in countless ways. This book records
a highly representative sample of those views, from both Britain and
abroad, from civilians and service men and women, from the famous and
not-so-famous, in order to provide a moving story and a valuable social
picture of the times. Mixed with humour as well as tragedy, rejoicing as
well as sadness, regrets of the past and hopes for the future, Ten Days
in May is an inspiring record of one of the great turning-points in
history.
Russell Miller is a prize-winning journalist and the author of eleven
previous books. He was born in east London in 1938 and began his career
in journalism at the age of sixteen. While under contract to the Sunday
Times Magazine he won four press awards and was voted Writer of the
Year by the Society of British Magazine Editors. His book Magnum, on
the legendary photo agency, was described by John Simpson as 'the best
book on photo-journalism I have ever read', and his oral histories of
D-Day, Nothing Less than Victory, and SOE, behind the lines were
widely acclaimed, both in Britain and in the United States.
