Last Enemy

Informationen zum Autor Richard Hillary Klappentext The Last Enemy is the story of Richard Hillary, one of Sebastian Faulks' three 'fatal englishmen'. 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. The Last Enemy was first published in 1942, just seven months before Hilary's untimely death in a second crash and has gone on to be hailed as one of the classic texts of World War Two. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Hillary, Hillary Richard
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9780099551829
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955182-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Memoirs, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Air forces & warfare, Second World War, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Military life & institutions, Military institutions