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In narrative power and persuasion, [Taylor] has paralleled in DRESDEN what Antony Beevor achieved in STALINGRAD. --Nicholas Fearn, The Independent on Sunday (London)

In narrative power and persuasion, [Taylor] has paralleled in DRESDEN what Antony Beevor achieved in STALINGRAD. -- Nicholas Fearn, The Independent on Sunday (London)

[An] authoritative and moving account .. Impeccably documented. -- The Independent (London) Accomplished. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A major contribution to the story of Dresden. -- Christian Science Monitor A riveting narrative account. -- Salon.com Groundbreaking . [shines] new light on that fateful day and the resulting myths. -- Calgary Sun A riveting narrative account. --Salon.com I thought I knew what happened at Dresden on that fiery day in 1945 -- and then I read this book. --James Bradley Taylor carefully debunks .... the 'pervasive postwar myth' ... What emerges is a picture markedly different from conventional accounts. --New York Times Book Review A major contribution to the story of Dresden. --Christian Science Monitor Compelling ... Mr. Taylor makes a persuasive case that Dresden was not an innocent bystander in the tragedy that was WWII. --Washington Times Deeply affecting ... a bracing rebuke to the myths and propaganda that have painted over the memory of this tragedy. --People [An] authoritative and moving account .... Impeccably documented. --The Independent (London) The enigmatic past and the patient muse of history are brilliantly served ... by this blockbuster of a book. --Chicago Sun-Times In narrative power and persuasion, [Taylor] has paralleled in DRESDEN what Antony Beevor achieved in STALINGRAD. --Nicholas Fearn, The Independent on Sunday (London) Genius...an absolutely magnificent work both of scholarship and of narration. --The Literary Review (London) Groundbreaking ... [shines] new light on that fateful day and the resulting myths. --Calgary Sun Accomplished. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Compelling ... [Taylor] puts the assault in its proper context to reveal the inherent moral tangle of total war. --Atlantic Monthly A strong and provocative work of World War II scholarship. --Library Journal Well-researched, objective and compassionate...Frederick Taylor convincingly sets the record straight. --Anthony Looch, Daily Post (Liverpool) A riveting narrative account. --Salon.com Anyone who thinks that during World War Two Dresden manufactured just chinaware must read this penetrating book. --Stanley P. Hirschson, author of General Patton: A Soldier's Life A provocative re-examination of the bombing of Dresden ... elgantly written and deeply moving. --Peter Duffy, author of The Bielski Brothers Fascinating....a fine, revealing work of revisionist history. He has also given us a deeply haunting human drama. --Houston Chronicle Deeply affecting ... a bracing rebuke to the myths and propaganda that have painted over the memory of this tragedy. --People The enigmatic past and the patient muse of history are brilliantly served ... by this blockbuster of a book. --Chicago Sun-Times Taylor carefully debunks .... the pervasive postwar myth ... What emerges is a picture markedly different from conventional accounts. --New York Times Book Review Fascinating....a fine, revealing work of revisionist history. He has also given us a deeply haunting human drama. --Houston Chronicle Compelling ... [Taylor] puts the assault in its proper context to reveal the inherent moral tangle of total war. --Atlantic Monthly A riveting narrative account. --Salon.com Compelling ... Mr. Taylor makes a persuasive case that Dresden was not an innocent bystander in the tragedy that was WWII. --Washington Times A strong and provocative work of World War II scholarship. --Library Journal Accomplished. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A major contribution to the story of Dresden. --Christian Science Monitor Genius...an absolutely magnificent work both of scholarship and of narration. --The Literary Review (London) [An] authoritative and moving account . Impeccably documented. --The Independent (London) In narrative power and persuasion, [Taylor] has paralleled in DRESDEN what Antony Beevor achieved in STALINGRAD. --Nicholas Fearn, The Independent on Sunday (London) Well-researched, objective and compassionate...Frederick Taylor convincingly sets the record straight. --Anthony Looch, Daily Post (Liverpool) Groundbreaking [shines] new light on that fateful day and the resulting myths. --Calgary Sun I thought I knew what happened at Dresden on that fiery day in 1945 -- and then I read this book. --James Bradley Anyone who thinks that during World War Two Dresden manufactured just chinaware must read this penetrating book. --Stanley P. Hirschson, author of General Patton: A Soldier's Life A provocative re-examination of the bombing of Dresden ... elgantly written and deeply moving. --Peter Duffy, author of The Bielski Brothers

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Frederick Taylor studied history and modern languages at Oxford University and Sussex University. A Volkswagen Studentship award enabled him to research and travel widely in both parts of divided Germany at the height of the Cold War. Taylor is the author of Dresden and has edited and translated a number of works from German, including The Goebbels Diaries, 1939-1941. He is married with three children and lives in Cornwall, England.

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