Introduced by Cole C. Kingseed
Foreword by Tom Hanks
With a new introduction by Cole C. Kingseed – Dick Winters’ biographer – Tom Hanks’ original foreword, and a brand-new picture selection, this Folio edition of Stephen E. Ambrose’s best-selling Band of Brothers is a triumph.
Stephen Ambrose was a great chronicler of history, a teller of authoritative, intuitive and heartrending stories
- Tom Hanks, from his introduction
Formed in the summer of 1942, the elite parachute regiment E ‘Easy’ Company was involved in some of the most critical missions of World War II, playing major roles at D-Day and Operation Market Garden, culminating in the capture of Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’. Their near-mythical heroics under the leadership of Major Dick Winters fascinated Stephen E. Ambrose, but it was the incredible camaraderie that the veterans still shared 50 years after the end of the war that inspired him to write Band of Brothers.
Working with Cole C. Kingseed, former U.S. military officer and Winters’ biographer and close friend, we have created a unique collector’s edition of this acclaimed history. Kingseed has written a compelling new introduction – which joins Tom Hanks’ original foreword – that explores the enduring fascination with the Band of Brothers. The picture selection comprises 32 pages of photographs, some rarely seen, sourced from specialist archives, including the Dick Winters Collection at the Gettysburg Museum and the Army Signal Corps Collection at the US National Archive. Band of Brothers achieved worldwide acclaim following the 2001 HBO series, but it is within the pages of Ambrose’s book that the authentic voices of Easy Company can be heard.
Production Details
Bound in printed and blocked textured paper
Set in Utopia with Franklin Gothic as display
368 pages
32 pages of black and white photographs (67 images in total)
Double-page spread map redrawn by Kevin Freeborn
Blocked slipcase
Printed in UK
10˝ x 6 ¾˝
One of the great WWII adventure stories
Biographies
An excellent presentation of events that should never be forgotten
Review by customer on 1st February 2025
This edition is amazing made a great gift for my father.
Review by Nathan York on 17th January 2025
Beautiful book! It was a Christmas gift for my dad, he loves it.
Review by STEPHANIE on 16th January 2025
I purchased this book for my husband for Christmas, he was very pleased with it. He was familiar with story, however, he had not read the book.
Review by Catherine on 26th December 2024
Fantastic book will certainly be shopping here again Thank You
Review by Alison Tabberer on 26th November 2024
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