ST00018087 George Newnes Ltd. 1956 Hard cover with dust Jacket. D/j. is price clipped, rubbed along edges, chipped top and lower spine; now protected in clear wrap. Boards have light wear to edges. Map endpapers have ownership markingsPages aged in colour with foxing to page edges, preliminaries and occasionally through book. Text clean, binding firm. Illustrated with black/white photographs. This is the story of Lt_Col. Geoffrey Keyes, V.C. who lost his life in the raid on General Rommel's Main Headquarters in the North African Campaign. The scope and daring of the conception - to be landed by submarine behind the German lines and endeavour to capture or kill Rommel; the heroism of Colonel Keys, the leader and his band of comrades, the intensity of the preparations and the drama of the raid - all these create a story to rank with anything yet written of those years of conflict. $30.00AUD
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