Hugh Brewster's moving account of "the bloodiest nine hours in Canadian military history" is now available in paperback.

On the night of August 19, 1942, a force of five thousand Canadians launched an attack on the Nazi-held French port of Dieppe. When the disastrous raid was over, and the Allies were forced to retreat, nearly a thousand Canadian troops lay dead. Almost two thousand were taken prisoner. Some called it "the bloodiest nine hours in Canadian military history."

Through meticulous research and interviews with veterans both in Canada and at Dieppe, Hugh Brewster has created a fascinating and haunting depiction of the planning and execution of this tragic raid and its aftermath.

HUGH BREWSTER has twenty-five years of experience creating books about the Titanic as an editor, publisher and writer. He worked with Robert D. Ballard to produce the 1987 international bestseller The Discovery of the Titanic and oversaw the creation of Titanic: An Illustrated History, a book that provided inspiration for James Cameron’s epic movie. Brewster is also the author of Inside the Titanic, 882 1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions about the Titanic and Deadly Voyage, and has written twelve award-winning books for young readers, including Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, a 2007 Governor General’s Award nominee. He lives in Toronto. Visit him online at www.hughbrewster.com or follow him on Twitter @hughbrewster.

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• Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Non-Fiction
• Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice)
• Short-listed, Canadian Children's Rountables of Canada
• Short-listed, Canadian Children's Roundtables of Canada
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre

Praise for Dieppe: Canada's Darkest Day of World War II:

Honour Book, Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award, 2010Finalist, OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award, 2010CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2010

"Dieppe can be described quite simply as superb . . . using archival photographs, first-person accounts from surviving combatants or memoirs, and the connective tissue of his beautifully crafted text to tell a story that is equal parts horror and valour." —The Globe and Mail