The Kaiser's Dawn: The Untold True Story of the British Mission to Murder the Kaiser in 1918 - Brossura

Hughes-Wilson, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1911604392 ISBN 13: 9781911604396

Casa editrice: Uniform Pr Ltd, 2018

Riassunto

In midsummer 1918, a top-secret mission was set in motion to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was thought that killing the German head of state and commander-in-chief would serve as a mortal blow to the German forces, and that they would collapse very quickly after the assassination. Kept secret for a century, the plot is revealed in the historical thriller The Kaiser’s Dawn, which John Hughes-Wilson has built from information discovered in never-before-published notebooks, maps, and pilots’ flying records, and confirmed by material found in the RAF archives.

The implications of this secret attack raise many explosive new historical questions. Exactly who ordered the attack? Was the King informed of the attempt to kill his royal cousin? Did Prime Minister Lloyd George know? A century later, no one is certain—all that can be known for sure is that someone in the government must have sanctioned the plan.

Wilson has woven an exciting and well-paced historical novel to mark the centennial of this plot. The story explores areas rarely examined: secret service operations, undercover intelligence work, the very real political intrigues between government leadership and the generals, and the heroics of the air crews of the day, whose life expectancy at one point in 1917 was only eleven days in action. Fast-paced and full of intrigue, The Kaiser’s Dawn brings this long-hidden episode of history back into the light.

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Fact, it is often said, is stranger than fiction. The Kaiser s Dawn weaves a great story, juggling facts and fiction and from the pen of a military historian whose research has often raised uncomfortable truths....Add in careful research and an understanding of operations and the pressures on those involved in this cataclysmic war, and you have all the ingredients for a rattling good novel. Read it and ponder --Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Graydon

L'autore

John Hughes Wilson was an officer in the British Army for more than thirty years, serving in the Intelligence Corps and as a Special Forces operations officer, and ending his career as a senior intelligence officer with SHAPE and NATO in Brussels. Since retirement he has written seven books of nonfiction and eight novels.

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• Editore: Uniform Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1911604392
• ISBN 13: 9781911604396
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400