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Bloomsbury presents The War Came To Us by Christopher Miller read by Craig Van Ness

A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

A breathtaking exploration of Ukraines past present and future and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade

Vivid Shocking Miller brings a seasoned personal perspective to his account of both the 16month conflict and its wider roots
Daily Telegraph

A beautiful blend of memoir reportage and historysuperb
Irish Times

powerful and insightfulMiller provides a human dimension to a bloody conflict
Kirkus Reviews

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked fullscale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022 it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country and reshaped the world order Christopher Miller the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border But the seeds of Russias war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier

This is the definitive inside story of its long fight for freedom Told through Millers personal experiences vivid frontline dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraines modern history From the coaldusted sunflowercovered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv from the Black Sea shores of Crimea where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraines peninsula to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlins warlords ruled with iron fists and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha Bakhmut Mariupol and beyond

With candor wit and sensitivity Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory vast defiant resilient and full of wonder A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence