A very English hero : the making of Frank Thompson / Peter J. Conradi
- Author:
- Conradi, Peter J., 1945-
- Additional Titles:
- Making of Frank Thompson
- Published:
- London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
- Physical Description:
- 419 pages 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Between Two Wars, 1919-39 -- 1.The Missionary Position -- 2.`Stay Away from Boars Hill': 1919-33 -- 3.A Class Apart: 1933-8 -- 4.Laughter in the Dark: 1938 -- 5.Oxford in the Age of Heroes: 1938-9 -- pt. TWO A Professional Murderer, 1939-43 -- 6.Lessons in Gunnery: September 1939-July 1940 -- 7.An Officer and a Gentleman: July 1940-March 1941 -- 8.Cairo Frustrations: March-December 1941 -- 9.Under the Libyan Dog-star: 1942 -- 10.A Desultory Tale: January-September 1943 -- pt. THREE Beyond the Frontier, 1943-7 -- 11.Recasting the World: September 1943-January 1944 -- 12.With the Partisans: January-June 1944 -- 13.Conversing with the Dead: 1944-7 -- 14.Afterlife.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781408802434
1408802430 - Bibliography Note:
- "Select bibliography": pages [403]-406.
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Family Librarian Endowment in Literature; 2012
- Endowment Note:
- Paterno Family Librarian Endowment in Literature
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