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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Fiction |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: QUAYLE, ANTHONY. EIGHT HOURS FROM ENGLAND. [Place of publication not identified] : IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, 2019 (OCoLC)1090441972 |
Material Type: | Document, Fiction, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
ANTHONY QUAYLE |
ISBN: | 9781912423200 1912423200 |
OCLC Number: | 1139708581 |
Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
Series Title: | Imperial War Museum wartime classics |
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"I loved this book, and felt I was really there." -- Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin "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." -- Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny "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." -- Roderick Bailey, author of Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War Read more...

