Eastern Approaches [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

MaClean, Fitzroy

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ISBN 10: 0140132716 ISBN 13: 9780140132717

Casa editrice: Penguin, 1991

Riassunto

This is the classic true adventure story of a man who by the pen, the sword and the diplomatic pouch influenced some of the most significant events of our era. Here Fitzroy Maclean recounts his extraordinary adventures in Soviet Central Asia, in the Western Desert, where he specialized in hair-raising commando-style raids behind enemy lines, and with Tito's partisans during the last months of the German occupation of Yugoslavia. An enthralling narrative, brilliantly told, "Eastern Approaches" is also a vivid personal view of episodes that have already become part of history.

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Maclean was a British diplomat who while in Russia became one of the first westerners to explore Central Asia during the Soviet rule. He worked with the British special forces in the North African desert and worked on behalf of the allies with the partisans in Yugoslavia during the Second world war.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

'An absorbing mixture of military adventure, urbane wit, cool humour and surprising incident' Financial Times

Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. There he specialised in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy lines, including the daring and outrageous kidnapping of the German Consul in Axis-controlled Iraq.

Maclean's extraordinary adventures in the Western Desert and later fighting alongside Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia are blistering reading and show what it took to be a British hero who broke the mould . . .

'A classic. An unconventional man's unconventional war. The best book you will read this year' Colonel Tim Collins

'A classic' Observer

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• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140132716
• ISBN 13: 9780140132717
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 576