Rifleman: A Front-Line Life - Couverture rigide

Gregg, Victor

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ISBN 10 : 1408813963 ISBN 13 : 9781408813966

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The astonishing life of a young working-class man who fought throughout the Second World War from Alamein to the invasion of Sicily, was captured at Arnhem and as a POW survived the Allied bombing raid on Dresden

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À propos de l'auteur

Victor Gregg was born in London in 1919 and joined the army in 1937, serving first in the Rifle Brigade in Palestine and North Africa, notably at the Battle of Alamein, and then with the Parachute Regiment, at the Battle of Arnhem. As a prisoner of war he survived the bombing of Dresden to be repatriated in 1946. The story of his adult years, Rifleman, was published by Bloomsbury in 2011, the prequel, King's Cross Kid, in 2013 and the final part of his trilogy, Soldier, Spy: A Survivor's Tale, in 2016; all were co-written with Rick Stroud. Victor Gregg died in 2021, aged 102.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408813963
• ISBN 13: 9781408813966
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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