Tragic Heroes by Hugh Purcell
The stories of two very different brothers from Hay-on-Wye and the part they played in World War II. Commando Christopher Burney was parachuted into occupied France as a secret agent in 1942. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, he survived. His books on the experience became classics in the 1950s. Meanwhile Roger Burney, a conscientious objector while at Cambridge, became a British Naval Liaison Officer on the Free French submarine Surcouf, whose sinking with all hands in the Caribbean in 1942 remains a mystery. Roger was a good friend of Benjamin Britten's and the composer's famous 'War Requiem' is dedicated to him. This account of their lives is based on new research and uses family papers for the first time.
Hugh Purcell worked for many years producing history programmes for BBC Radio and Television. Prominent among them were 'The Roads to War', the obituary of Oswald Mosley and the BAFTA-winning 'American Civil War'. His previous books include Lloyd George, The Spanish Civil War, Revolutionary War and a biography of Tom Wintringham, The Last English Revolutionary. He is Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and an FRSA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781800991859 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800991851 |
| Title | Tragic Heroes |
| Author | Hugh Purcell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Y Lolfa |
| Year published | 2022-05-20 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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