Mountbatten by Brian Hoey

Mountbatten by Brian Hoey

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Earl Mountbatten of Burma was a leading figure in British public life and during World War II he was Chief of the Combined Staff in the invasion of Europe and Supreme Allied Commander in the Far East. This biography looks at his personal life.

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Mountbatten by Brian Hoey

Earl Mountbatten of Burma has always been regarded as a leading figure in British public life and the Royal Family. During World War II he was Chief of the Combined Staff in the invasion of Europe and Supreme Allied Commander in the Far East. He accepted Japanese surrender and returned to Britain as a war hero. He then became Viceroy of India and after the war joined the Labour cabinet of Clement Attlee. But there are many things about Mountbatten that are not so well known - for instance his obsession with his influence on the royal family has never been fully explored or explained. Churchill could not stand him personally. He was arguably the vainest man who ever lived. His marriage was a successful if open one, both Mountbatten and his wife conducting extra-marital affairs and his bisexual appetites were fairly widely known.
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ISBN 13 9780283061738
ISBN 10 0283061731
Title Mountbatten
Author Brian Hoey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1994-07-22
Number of pages 300
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