{"product_id":"2940169256147","title":"The Fire and the Darkness : The Bombing of Dresden, 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn February 13th, 1945 at 10:03 PM, British bombers began one of the most devastating attacks of WWII: the bombing of Dresden. The first contingent killed people and destroyed buildings, roads, and other structures. The second rained down fire, turning the streets into a blast furnace, the shelters into ovens, and whipping up a molten hurricane in which the citizens of Dresden were burned, baked, or suffocated to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly the next day, American bombers finished off what was left. Sinclair McKay's \u003ci\u003eThe Fire and the Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eis a pulse-pounding work of history that looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. \u003ci\u003eThe Fire and the Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is powered by McKay's reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happened that night in Dresden was calculated annihilation in a war that was almost over. Sinclair McKay's brilliant work takes a complex, human, view of this terrible night and its aftermath in a gripping audio book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116464324848,"sku":"2940169256147","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169256147_p0.jpg?v=1763677122","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169256147","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}