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I Was a Stranger (Paperback, New Ed): John Hackett

I Was a Stranger (Paperback, New Ed)

John Hackett

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A fine account, by the commander of one of the parachute brigades at Arnhem during Worls War II, of how he was wounded and captured, of how he escaped, and of how he lived for months with a Dutch family beside a German military police post until he was smuggled out across the Rhine by night. An unusually gripping story of Anglo-Dutch friendship and endurance in peril. (Kirkus UK)
Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent thewinter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. After four months in hiding, Hackett was at last well enough to strap a battered suitcase to an ancient bicycle and set out on a high adventure which would, he hoped, lead him to freedom.

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Imprint: Pimlico
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 1999
Authors: John Hackett
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 224
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-7126-6562-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > General
Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 0-7126-6562-5
Barcode: 9780712665629

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