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George Millar's classic World War II prisoner-of-war escape story brilliantly conveys the terrifying experience of life on the run in wartime Europe, one step ahead of the Gestapo. Captured in the Libyan desert by the German Afrika Korps and held in various prison camps in Italy, Millar was transferred to Germany after several unsuccessful escape attempts. Escaping once more, this time from his train, Millar set out to reach London and freedom. Speaking fluent French (he had been the DAILY EXPRESS Paris correspondent at the beginning of the war) he was able to pass himself off as a French labourer on his hazardous journey. But when he returned to London, decorated for his bravery, it was to discover that his wife was in love with someone else and wanted a divorce. He joined the Special Forces there and then, and began training for operations behind enemy lines in France - but that is the subject of his second book, MAQUIS.
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- ÉditeurC.Chivers
- Date d'édition1973
- ISBN 10 0855948620
- ISBN 13 9780855948627
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages448
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Horned Pigeon (Portway Reprints)
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Cedric Chivers Ltd, 1973
ISBN 10 : 0855948620
ISBN 13 : 9780855948627
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. b-836 DJ has minor edge wear. N° de réf. du vendeur b-845-14-jn
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Horned Pigeon (Portway Reprints)
Edité par
Cedric Chivers, Bath, 1973
ISBN 10 : 0855948620
ISBN 13 : 9780855948627
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Vendeur : killarneybooks, Inagh, CLARE, Irlande
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. Cloth hardcover, 7.5 x 5 x 1 in., iv + 443 pages, NOT ex-library. Excellent clean and bright condition, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. In a bright, untorn, unclipped dust jacket. -- In this sequel to Maquis, George Millar tells of his previous service: how he fought in Libya and was captured by the Italians; how he was sent as a prisoner to Italy and then to Germany; how he escaped; made his way to Strasbourg; worked slowly through France to the Pyrenees; how, once again in England, he found himself free to plunge into the desperate role he described in Maquis. The calm simplicity of the writing makes a perfect setting for a story of courage and resource which will be read as long as these qualities are recognised and admired. -- George Millar's classic World War II prisoner-of-war escape story brilliantly conveys the terrifying experience of life on the run in wartime Europe, one step ahead of the Gestapo. Captured in the Libyan desert by the German Afrika Korps and held in various prison camps in Italy, Millar was transferred to Germany after several unsuccessful escape attempts. Escaping once more, this time from his train, Millar set out to reach London and freedom. Speaking fluent French (he had been the Daily Express Paris correspondent at the beginning of the war), he was able to pass himself off as a French labourer on his hazardous journey. But when he returned to London, decorated for his bravery, it was to discover that his wife was in love with someone else and wanted a divorce. He joined the Special Forces there and then, and began training for operations behind enemy lines in France - but that is the subject of his book Maquis. N° de réf. du vendeur 007430
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Horned Pigeon (Portway Reprints)
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C.Chivers, 1973
ISBN 10 : 0855948620
ISBN 13 : 9780855948627
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
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Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. Ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000190087
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