The Last Gentleman of the SAS
A Moving Testimony from the First Allied Officer to Enter Belsen at the End of the Second World War
$30.98
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2016
Summary
Partly based on previously unpublished diaries, this is a moving testimony from the first Allied officer to enter Bergen-Belsen at the end of the Second World War.
In 1945, John Randall was the first Allied officer to enter Bergen-Belsen - the concentration camp that would reveal the horrors of the Holocaust to the world. Randall was one of that league of extraordinary gentlemen handpicked for suicidally dangerous missions behind enemy lines in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780575278 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780575270 |
| Author: | John Randall, M.J. Trow |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 201g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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“The man who stumbled on HELL: His place in history has never been revealed. His memoir recounts how he uncovered the horrors of Belsen.” – Daily Mail
‘The man who stumbled on HELL: His place in history has never been revealed. His memoir recounts how he uncovered the horrors of Belsen’
* Daily Mail *About The Author
John Randall
John Randall ran a highly successful business training school after his wartime career. Adored by his wife, children and grandchildren, he had passionate feelings about the events he lived through. He was the quintessential English gentleman, a quiet man of integrity and with a steely resolve that carried him through his long and fascinating life.
Mei Trow is a military historian who has recently ghostwritten Survivor, the story of Holocaust survivor Sam Pivnik (Hodder and Stoughton, 2012) and Survivor on the River Kwai (Penguin, 2013). The author of 60 books, Mei’s output has covered detective fiction, true crime and historical biography.
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