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Eight Hours from England: IWM Wartime Classics

Autor Anthony Quayle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 2021
“As I climbed on I thought, 'This is the end then. I have often wondered how it would come. Now I know. Any moment a bullet will smack into me, and a khaki bundle that was Overton will go tumbling down the hill on to the beach . . .’ "

Autumn 1943. Realizing that his feelings for his sweetheart are not reciprocated, Major John Overton accepts a posting behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied Albania. Arriving to find the situation in disarray, Overton attempts to overcome geographical challenges and political intrigues to set up a new camp in the mountains overlooking the Adriatic. As he struggles to complete his mission against the chaotic backdrop of battle, Overton is left to ruminate on loyalty, comradeship, and the futility of war.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781912423101
ISBN-10: 1912423103
Pagini: 212
Dimensiuni: 127 x 197 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Unicorn Publishing Group
Colecția Imperial War Museums
Seria IWM Wartime Classics


Notă biografică

Anthony Quayle (1913–89) was a British actor and theater director perhaps best known for his supporting role in Anne of the Thousand Days, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe. He played important roles in a number of other well-known films, including Lawrence of Arabia. He was knighted in 1985.

Recenzii

“I loved this book, and felt I was really there."

“As well as being one of our greatest actors, Anthony Quayle was an intrepid war hero and his autobiographical novel is one of the greatest adventure stories of the Second World War. Beautifully written and full of pathos and authenticity, it brings alive the terrible moral decisions that have to be taken by soldiers under unimaginable pressures in wartime."

“Much more than a novel. . . . [It] is a faithful evocation of his searing experiences in Nazi-occupied Albania after he was sent there to assist the Resistance. One of the earliest accounts to be published by an ex-SEO officer, it remains a powerful study not only of the desperate dilemmas faced by occupied populations but also of the challenges faced by outsiders inclined to help."