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Soldier, Spy: A Survivor´s Tale
Victor Gregg
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Description for Soldier, Spy: A Survivor´s Tale
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
Soldier, Spy is the astonishing memoir of one ordinary man and soldier, Victor Gregg, as he resumes civilian life after the Second World War. As for so many others, picking up where he had left off proved far from simple for Gregg; he had fought many battles, lost many friends and been deeply damaged psychologically by his experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden. To escape the memories and the emotional trauma, he moved from one job and distraction to the next: from immersing himself in the adrenaline-fuelled competitive cycling ... Read more
Soldier, Spy is the astonishing memoir of one ordinary man and soldier, Victor Gregg, as he resumes civilian life after the Second World War. As for so many others, picking up where he had left off proved far from simple for Gregg; he had fought many battles, lost many friends and been deeply damaged psychologically by his experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden. To escape the memories and the emotional trauma, he moved from one job and distraction to the next: from immersing himself in the adrenaline-fuelled competitive cycling ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408867860
SKU
V9781408867860
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Ref
99-1
About Victor Gregg
Victor Gregg was born in London in 1919 and joined the army in 1937, serving first in the Rifle Brigade in Palestine and North Africa, notably at the Battle of Alamein, and then with the Parachute Regiment, at the Battle of Arnhem. As a prisoner of war he survived the bombing of Dresden to be repatriated in 1946, and now ... Read more
Reviews for Soldier, Spy: A Survivor´s Tale
A gripping life-story: an incident-packed account of heartache, violence and cunning by a man whose will to survive and unbreakable optimism are a true inspiration
Independent, on Rifleman
Completely fascinating ... It has an immediate power throughout that makes war fiction a shadow of the real thing
Conn Iggulden on Rifleman
As action-packed as any fiction, ... Read more
Independent, on Rifleman
Completely fascinating ... It has an immediate power throughout that makes war fiction a shadow of the real thing
Conn Iggulden on Rifleman
As action-packed as any fiction, ... Read more