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Rogue Male - Sabotage and seduction behind German lines with Geoffrey Gordon-Creed, DSO, MC (Paperback)
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Rogue Male - Sabotage and seduction behind German lines with Geoffrey Gordon-Creed, DSO, MC (Paperback)
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This is the untold story of one of the most lethal and successful
soldiers of the Second World War - a highly decorated hero as well
as a self-confessed rogue. In the tank war in the desert of North
Africa, Major Geoff, as he came to be known, quickly showed himself
a soldier of superb athleticism, unwavering will to win and almost
superhuman instincts when it came to survival and outwitting the
enemy. Almost incredibly he won the Military Cross on his very
first day in action. He fought alongside the SAS in its early days
and was with them while they were forging the ruthless fighting
techniques that have made them feared throughout the world. He
played a decisive role in the Greek resistance to German
occupation. While in Greece he also became involved in some of the
dirtiest hand to hand fighting of the war. To the men with whom he
fought shoulder to shoulder he was 'Saint Geoff', to his enemies he
was the devil incarnate, a man who would stop at absolutely
nothing, and to his critics among the partisans he a was a
womanizer, more interested in enjoying himself than killing the
enemy.This is an honest account of winning the war not by fair play
but by being more ruthless than your enemy. But maybe what is even
more extraordinary than his soldiering - its predatory ruthlessness
and amorality - is the frank account of sexual adventuring that
went with it. This is how the dogs of war really behave when they
are let off the leash. 'Thrilling (and even classic)... parachuted
as a saboteur into Greece, where he stayed for over a year, doing
heroic mischief against the Nazis, and not exactly improving the
morals of the local Greek women. There's no doubting that this is
the record of a hero - albeit one in the Flashman mode.' A.N.
Wilson - Reader's Digest 'Major Geoff is a brave, blithe adventurer
in ruthless, resourceful action, as opportunistic and vigorous in
the theatre of war as in the bedroom' Times 'Former army officer
Roger Field pieces together Major Geoff's unpublished journals and
letters in this uncut version of World War II. Most riveting of all
is the Major's account of the destruction of the Asopos Viaduct in
occupied Greece - this is Boys' Own stuff at its best.' Daily Mail
'War heroes come in all shapes and sizes, but I've rarely come
across any as charismatic as Geoffrey Gordon-Creed... A maverick
and prodigious womaniser, it's no surprise to learn he was a friend
of Ian Fleming and was reputedly one of the models for James Bond.'
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