Evans jack dudley ernest (13 resultados)

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. None.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Dust Jacket. "The personal story of a special agent who was trained to kill and untrained to live." 220 pages. Light wear; some discoloring; a good solid book. Pieces of the jacket laid in. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: 195342.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. G/F, used hc, 220 pp. Three-quarter black paper over boards with orange cloth and black text on spine; spine faded. Dust jacket has cream colored text on upper; upper separated at spine; chips and sections missing on head and tail of spine and lower. Interior pages clean, unmarked. This is the personal story of a special agent who was trained to kill.and untrained to live. Story of a World War II member of the British RAF. Binding is tight.…

Condición: New. Hardback 162 pagesPublished Price £19.99 Many are the tales of young men lying about their age to join the Army, yet Jack Evans sought far more at the age of just possibly just seventeen - to act behind enemy lines as an agent of the Special Operations Executive.Evans had joined the RAF in 1940, despite being well under the legal age, and two years later was recruited into the SOE as a member of the Small Scale Raiding Force. Evans related his experiences with the SOE to author Ernest Dudley in the 1950s, in which he describes his training, including learning how to jump by parachute in preparation for an operation into France - though he was withdrawn from the operation when his true age was disclosed. He then joined the SSRF, taking part in a number of raids upon Occupied France.Evans was then transferred to the Brandon Mission in Africa. This involved an eight-man team being parachuted into Tunisia to attack a railway line. In 1943 he was promoted to the rank of captain and parachuted into France, only to be captured by the Germans and imprisoned in Stalag Luft III for the remainder of the war.Evans suffered considerable mental trauma from his time behind enemy lines and his internment at the hands of the Germans and was unable to settle into normal civilian life. His astonishing story, written so soon after the end of the war, was considered in many respects to be ahead of its time. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condición: New. This reissued account of Jack Evans' special operations experiences in France, North Africa and ultimately a German POW camp was first published in the 1950s. Notable for its frankness, it includes confessions of mental trauma and difficulty in adjusting to civilian life after the nightmarish experiences as well as a recollection of the danger and excitement of his wartime activities.…

220pp. First published in Great Britain (1957) as: 'Confessions of a Special Agent'. VG+ in dj w/ multiple chips and tears & missing lower front piece.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Light wear to the dust jacket. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday in recyclable card packaging.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. dust jacket worn and chipped.

First Edition in this form. Previous owner's signature. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Panther books ; 902. Physical description: 188p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Evans, Jack (Special agent). Great Britain. -- Special Operations Executive. World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

First Edition in this form. Previous owner's signature. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Panther books ; 902. Physical description: 188p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Evans, Jack (Special agent). Great Britain. -- Special Operations Executive. World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 161 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered black on spine. Portrait frontispiece. Neat name label on front endpaper and press-cuttings tipped in on the rear endpaper, otherwise very good in very good dust jacket. Front inside flap of jacket pasted to front endpaper. …