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Death or Glory I: The Last Commando Michael Asher

Death or Glory I: The Last Commando By Michael Asher

Death or Glory I: The Last Commando by Michael Asher


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Summary

Libya 1942 - Rommel's Africa Korps is sweeping across Northern Africa. When First Officer Madeleine Rose's plane is shot down deep behind enemy lines - GHQ must send in the commandos to pull her out. It looks like no more than a deadly fool's errand - and the man they choose is given one option: take the mission or face court martial.

Death or Glory I: The Last Commando Summary

Death or Glory I: The Last Commando by Michael Asher

In the heat of battle you have two choices ... death or glory ... Libya 1942 - Rommel's Africa Korps is sweeping across Northern Africa. The ragged Allied forces engage the enemy in brutal fire-fights on the scorched desert sands. Meanwhile, the Allied commander-in-chief sends a desperate coded message to the Prime Minister - the courier is First Officer Madeleine Rose, WRNS - codename Runefish. When Runefish's plane is shot down deep behind enemy lines - GHQ must send in the commandos to pull her out. It looks like no more than a deadly fool's errand - and the man they choose is given one option: take the mission or face court martial. Battle-hardened Sgnt Tom Caine is a first class soldier who struggles with obeying orders. He must lead his small squad of specialist commandos into the hornet's nest - on a bloody mission that could change the outcome of the war ...

Death or Glory I: The Last Commando Reviews

'Breathtaking bravery, astonishing feats of endurance, raids and battles described with terrific immediacy and pace. Compelling and definitive ! will surely not be bettered' Sunday Telegraph (Praise for The Regiment) 'Detailed, scathingly honest. Asher has brought the critical eye of the knowledgeable insider to his in-depth study of SAS operations and personalities' The Herald (Praise for The Regiment)

About Michael Asher

Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment and the SAS Regiment. The author of twenty-four books and presenter of six TV documentaries, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1996. For his writing and travels, he has been awarded the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal, the Mungo Park Medal and the Ness Award. He lives in Nairobi, Kenya.

Additional information

GOR001388326
9780718154974
0718154975
Death or Glory I: The Last Commando by Michael Asher
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
2009-05-07
496
N/A
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