Max Hastings

The master of wartime history recounts one of the most thrilling British commando raids of the Second World War in Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar. A company of the Airborne Forces sent to dismantle a newly identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied France. A fascinating cast of characters – including Lord Mountbatten and Daphne Du Maurier’s troubled husband – in a sensational story from the bestselling author and former Daily Telegraph editor.