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The Last Enemy de Richard Hillary

The Last Enemy

Autor Richard Hillary
en Limba Engleză Paperback – iul 2010
In this extraordinary account, the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down, leading to months in hospital as part of Archibald McIndoe's 'Guinea Pig Club', undergoing pioneering plastic surgery to rebuild his face and hands.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780099551829
ISBN-10: 0099551829
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Puffin Classics

Notă biografică

Richard Hillary was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1919. He was sent to boarding school in England and went to Trinity College, Oxford in 1937. He was still at Oxford when the Second World War broke out and, with other members of the R.A.F Volunteer Reserve, was immediately called to duty. He blew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. He underwent several operations by the great plastic surgeon, Archibald McIndoe. After a slow and very painful recovery, Hilary begged to be allowed to return to flying. He was killed, at the age of 23, when his plane crashed in a night training operation.

Recenzii

One of the classic books of World War Two
The Last Enemy rapidly acquired the aura of a book that says something vital, whose importance goes beyond what it literally describes
Rivetingly well told...It will speak to anyone who cares for the romance and tragedy of a lost hero.
Elegantly affecting memoir
This slim volume of Hilary's seems to have a weight which makes it sink into the depths of one's memory