{"product_id":"2026100007444-secondhand-the-road-to-bordeaux","title":"The Road To Bordeaux","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the chaotic summer of 1940, as Nazi forces swept through France and an entire nation collapsed into panic and flight, two Englishmen found themselves swept up in one of history's most desperate human migrations. The Road to Bordeaux is a gripping first-hand account by C. Denis Freeman and Douglas Cooper, chronicling their harrowing journey through a France in the throes of total defeat — joining the millions of refugees streaming southward, away from the German advance, toward the uncertain refuge of Bordeaux.\n\nWritten with urgency and unflinching clarity, this eyewitness narrative captures the human cost of the Fall of France with remarkable intimacy, detailing the chaos, fear, and extraordinary resilience encountered on the road. The authors bring a journalist's precision and a historian's perspective to bear on events of seismic consequence, making this account both an essential primary document of World War II and a deeply personal testament to survival. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, whose stark, evocative imagery perfectly complements the gravity of the text, this volume leaves the reader asking one haunting question: what would you carry, and what would you leave behind?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130998137051,"sku":"2026100007444-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/15f86542-8466-47ac-98ac-286405b2feda.png?v=1786594109","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007444-secondhand-the-road-to-bordeaux","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}