The author has had access to Channel 4's account of the conflict from leading participants in both Britain and Argentina. The book is being published to tie-in with a four-part Channel 4 TV-series on the Falklands War, timed to appear on the 10th anniversary of the outbreak of the war. Among its many revelations are: the story behind the Argentine junta's decision to invade the Malvinas; the lack of co-ordination in the British Government which led to the loss of the Falklands; the debate inside the British military about the feasibility of recapturing the Falklands long after the task force had been despatched; the truth behind the sinking of the Belgrano; the chaos of the successful Argentine air attack on the British ships at Bluff Cove and Fitzroy.
Denys Blakeway is an author and television producer with an abiding interest in the history of the twentieth century. His latest book, 'The Last Dance', with wit and insight profiles the amazingly eventful year of 1936. It was the year of the abdication of Edward VIII (as featured in the film 'The King's Speech'), Hitler's march into the Rhineland, the Berlin Olympics, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War - and much more. It was truly a pivotal year in the troubled decade before the Second World War.
Denys was born in London in 1955 and spent his early years in Greece, a country with which he stll has a close connection. Alongside writing books he has made many television and radio programmes about contemporary history, politics, religion and the arts. In 1993 he had the good fortune to make 'Thatcher, The Downing Street Years' for BBC television in which Margaret Thatcher gave an enthralling account of her time as Britain's Prime Minister and sparred with former colleagues and opponents about her legacy. The following year he set up Blakeway Productions, an independent production company, which has made many hours of quality radio and television documentaries (www.blakeway.co.uk).
Alongside The Last Dance Denys has written books about British nuclear tests in the 1950s, the Falklands War and The Queen (whose family history has been the subject of many of his programmes).
Denys lives in Hampshire, England. He is married to Denise Johnstone-Burt, the publisher, and has three beautiful daughters.
