Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44

A gripping narrative history of the siege of Leningrad, one of the great stories of heroic endurance in WWII. The siege began in September 1941 and went on for 2 and a half years, with 2 million Soviet lives lost. This interweaves personal stories of daily life in the city, drawn from diarists and memories on both sides, along with the general history of the time. Now available in paperback.