TALES FROM THE SPECIAL FORCES CLUB (SIGNED)

RAYMENT, Sean

ISBN 10: 0007452535 / ISBN 13: 9780007452538

Edité par Collins, London, 2013

A propos de cet article

8vo. pp [x], 307, [2]. Colour illustrated dust jacket with red lettering. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Signed by the author; "To Roy, Best Wishes, Sean Rayment." ISBN: 9780007452538 Very good, with slight lean at spine. In very good dust jacket.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: TALES FROM THE SPECIAL FORCES CLUB (SIGNED)
• Éditeur: Collins, London
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0007452535
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780007452538
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur

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Synopsis

A unique and poignant record of a club created for heroes. There are just a handful of men and women alive today who served and fought with the Special Forces during the Second World War. They are a dwindling bunch of veterans in their twilight years whose tales of heroism and daring-do will soon be lost in time forever - yet they still regularly get together in a gentleman's club, right in the heart of London - The Special Forces Club. In ten separate and astonishing accounts of ingenuity and heroism, former Sunday Telegraph defence correspondent Sean Rayment visits this unique group of people, and through their vivid memories, transports the reader back in time to the dark days of the Second World War when Britain was again fighting on multiple fronts across the globe. These incredibly heroic tales are taken from men such as Captain John Campbell, MC and Bar and the last surviving officer of 'Popski's Private Army', whose triumph over being wrongly labelled a coward led him to serve with distinction and bravery behind Rommel's lines in North Africa. Balancing the heroism in the field of battle is the story of Noreen Riols, who worked under the legendary Colonel Maurice Buckmaster, helping train operatives in the art of counter-espionage and counter-surveillance, who was used to 'honey trap' would-be agents. Then there is Mike Sadler, who served with David Stirling in the LRDG and took part in an SAS attack on a German airfield near el-Alamein in 1942 in which 34 aircraft were destroyed; and Harry Verlander, who served with the legendary Jedburghs, a highly secret element of the Special Operations Executive, and recalls his service during D-Day and subsequent operations in Burma. The book covers all theatres of operations and provides a unique glimpse into why the members of the Special Forces Club are truly exceptional. Time is running out to capture the myriad of epic stories WWII threw up over its five-year period. In their twilight years, the Special Forces Club has decided to reveal its identity at last.

À propos de l?auteur

Sean Rayment served as a Captain in the Parachute Regiment in the late 1980's. As a journalist, he has specialised in war reporting for the past ten years, undertaking assignments in the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, the Gulf and Africa. He has been embedded with the British Army on more than a ten occasions.