This thrilling historical account describes the political and strategic realities that lay behind the battle, charting the nail-biting months that led to the victory at El Alamein in November 1942 and is a story of high drama, played out in the war capitals (London, Washington, Berlin, Rome and Moscow) and at the front in the command posts and foxholes in the desert.

Drawing on official records and personal insights of those involved at every level, this unique single-volume history of the road to El Alamein ‘the end of the beginning’ – and the bloody battle that followed, creates a vivid portrait of a struggle which, for Churchill, marked the turn of the tide, but which for the soldiers on the ground involved fighting and dying in a foreign land.

Sales and Marketing Manager, Jenna Blair said “We’re looking forward to welcoming the star of Radio’s Any Questions? to Ludlow Assembly Rooms. We know there will be a good turn out from his fans in South Shropshire”.

There will be time of a Q&A session afterwards, and Jonathan Dimbleby will be signing copies of Destiny in the Desert which will also be available to buy on the night.

Book online at www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01584 878141.