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28%OFFStuart Prebble - Secrets of the Conqueror: The Untold Story of Britain´s Most Famous Submarine - 9780571290338 - V9780571290338
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Secrets of the Conqueror: The Untold Story of Britain´s Most Famous Submarine

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Description for Secrets of the Conqueror: The Untold Story of Britain´s Most Famous Submarine Paperback. HMS Conqueror is Britain's famous submarine. It is the only sub since World War Two to have sunk an enemy ship. Conqueror's sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano made inevitable an all-out war over the future of the Falkland Islands, and sparked off one of the most controversial episodes of twentieth century politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.

HMS Conqueror is Britain's most famous submarine. It is the only sub since World War Two to have sunk an enemy ship. Conqueror's sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano made inevitable an all-out war over the future of the Falkland Islands, and sparked off one of the most controversial episodes of twentieth century politics.

The controversy was fuelled by a war-diary kept by an officer on board HMS Conqueror, and as a young TV producer in the 1980s Stuart Prebble scooped the world by locating the diary's author and getting his story on ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571290338
SKU
V9780571290338
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-87

About Stuart Prebble
Stuart Prebble was for many years a leading television journalist, notably on ITV's World in Action programme, and later became a successful producer and writer. He has been obsessed by the secrets of the Conqueror for over three decades.

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