Summary
When Ian Fleming wrote Moonraker, he was not working solely from his imagination. In 1945 he had been involved in the formation of T Force, a secret unit of British soldiers who were thrown into a deadly race to uncover Nazi Secrets before they fell in to the hands of Stalin’s advancing troops. The force included infantrymen, many of them only just recovered from the ordeal of D-Day, engineers, bomb disposal experts, commandos and teams of expert scientists.
In a breakneck pursui…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849012973 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849012970 |
| Author: | Sean Longden |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 385g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 200mm x 32mm |
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…a rising name in military history, and is able to uncover the missing stories of the Second World War.– Guardian
First class history from a first class historian. - Military Illustrated
Compelling - Waterstone s Books QuarterlyOnce again, Sean Longden has proved himself a tenacious sleuth of Second World War secrets, and a talented solver of its mysteries.Fascinating. - Time Out…a rising name in military history, and is able to uncover the missing stories of the Second World War. - GuardianFascinating. - Contemporary ReviewFascinating. - Good Book GuideAbout The Author
Sean Longden
Sean Longden studied history at University. He has conducted hundreds of interviews with servicemen. He is also the author of the acclaimed To the Victor the Spoils and Hitler’s British Slaves.
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