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Lonely Courage
';A fascinating, superbly researched andrevelatory booktold with tremendous pace and excitement' William Boyd';Rick Stroud writes brilliantly about war an astonishing book a …
Kidnap in Crete
This is the story of how a small SOE unit led by Patrick Leigh Fermor kidnapped a German general on the Nazi-occupied island of Crete in 1944. For thirty-two days, they were chased …
I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles
A new book from the critically acclaimed author of Lonely Courage: The true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free German-occupied France Ã?
King's Cross Kid
Victor Gregg, born in 1919, has had a rich and fascinating life. King's Cross Kid follows his London childhood from the age of five, when life was so hard that the Salvation Army …
King's Cross Kid
Victor Gregg, born in 1919, has had a rich and fascinating life. King's Cross Kid follows his London childhood from the age of five, when life was so hard that the Salvation Army …
Soldier, Spy
Beginning in 1946, when Victor Gregg was demobbed after the end of the Second World War and deposited in London Paddington, Soldier, Spy is the story of a soldier returning to …
Lonely Courage
‘A fascinating, superbly researched and revelatory book – told with tremendous pace and excitement’ William Boyd On 18 June 1940 General de Gaulle broadcast from London to his …
Phantom Army of Alamein
In 1940 a group of artists, sculptors, film makers, theatre designers and set painters came together to form the Camouflage Unit. Led by Major Geoffrey Barkas and including among …
I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles
';A thrilling narrative that creates an extraordinary picture of female resistance' The Lady';Fascinating' Kavita Puri, BBC History Magazine';A fierce, intense picture of this …
Kidnap in Crete
On a moonlit night in April 1944 a small band of fearless partisans, led by the British SOE agent Patrick Leigh Fermor, kidnapped a high-ranking Nazi general on the German-occupied …
Lonely Courage
The Special Operations Executive SOE, set up by Winston Churchill in 1941, saw its role in France as helping the Resistance by recruiting and training guerrilla fighters. 39 female …