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The Speedicut Memoirs

The Speedicut Memoirs

Christopher Joll

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AuthorHouse UK
Año de edición:
2019
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
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9781728382593
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Book 2 of The Speedicut Memoirs picks upCharles Speedicut’s story from the point in 1918 at which heis about to leave for the Crimea to rescue the DowagerEmpress of Russia, a mission which he foresees will be the mostdangerous of his life to date. But Fate intervenes and sendshim back to the Middle East, where he has a hand in the end ofthe war in Syria, followed by a series of adventuresrescuing members of deposed European royal familiesthat ends, with perfect symmetry,in the Valley of the Kings ...'Speedicut, Lawrence and the Turks: the unspeakablein pursuit of the uneatable.'Field Marshal Viscount Allenby'I am deeply indebted to Charles Speedicut for giving methe idea for Ninotchka.'Ernst Lubitsch'I should have killed Speedicut when I had the chance.'Marguerite, Princess Ali Fahmy

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