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Robert Child

    Robert Child est un maître de l'action, du rythme et de la narration cinématographique dans ses thrillers historiques et militaires visuellement bruts. Sa rare capacité à transporter instantanément les lecteurs dans des récits captivants et intelligents, avec des personnages bien développés et une action cinématographique qui saute de la page, est vraiment distinctive. L'héritage de la guerre et de l'histoire qui parcourt sa famille est palpable dans ses récits immersifs, le distinguant des autres.

    Immortal Valor
    • Immortal Valor

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      4,5(65)Évaluer

      In 1945 the US Congress recommended awarding the Medal of Honor to 432 American servicemen for acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty during World War II. More than one million African Americas served-- but not a single black soldier received a Medal of Honor. In 1993 a US Army-commissioned study that seven men had been denied the Army's highest award due to racial discrimination. Child tells the stories of these seven African American soldiers, who in 1997 were finally awarded Medals of Honor for their service, based on the work of a research team at Shaw University in North Carolina. - adapted from jacket

      Immortal Valor