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The Last Enemy
Richard Hillary
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Description for The Last Enemy
Paperback. Recounts Richard Hillary's experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down and spent months in hospital, undergoing operations to rebuild his face and hands. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
The Last Enemy is the story of Richard Hillary, one of Sebastian Faulks' three 'fatal englishmen'. In this extraordinary account, the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down, leading to months in hospital as part of Archibald McIndoe's 'Guinea Pig Club', undergoing pioneering plastic surgery to rebuild his face and hands.
The Last Enemy was first published in 1942, just seven months before Hilary's untimely death in a second crash and has gone on to be hailed as one of the classic texts of World War ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099551829
SKU
V9780099551829
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99-2
About Richard Hillary
Richard Hillary was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1919. He was sent to boarding school in England and went to Trinity College, Oxford in 1937. He was still at Oxford when the Second World War broke out and, with other members of the R.A.F Volunteer Reserve, was immediately called to duty. He blew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before ... Read more
Reviews for The Last Enemy
The Last Enemy rapidly acquired the aura of a book that says something vital, whose importance goes beyond what it literally describes
Sebastian Faulks
This slim volume of Hillary's seems to have a weight which makes it sink into the depths of one's memory, while tons of printed bulk drift as flotsom on its surface
Arthur Koestler ... Read more
Sebastian Faulks
This slim volume of Hillary's seems to have a weight which makes it sink into the depths of one's memory, while tons of printed bulk drift as flotsom on its surface
Arthur Koestler ... Read more