Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great self-regard and self-assertion, sometimes running into extravagances which are impossible to credit. He even writes in a complacent way of how he contemplated his murders before carrying them out.

Why did Hitler order the daylight dash? How did the Germans get through? Did Churchill suppress the true facts? The author has found the answers to Churchill's angy questions. Through many first-hand accounts by surivors oif the action, both British and German, her reveals the full story of the dramatic break-out, and the desperate running battle that followed. On the British side, it is a disastrous one of tragedy mingled with farce, of brave men's lives thrown away by shocking incomptetence at the top; on the German side, one of well-laid plans brilliantly executed. It is a story that cannot fail to enthrall. With eight pages of illustrations and a map of the English Channel showing the course of the action.