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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Bay Public Library | 940.548141 Hes | 33874004861125 | Adult - Non-Fiction | Checked out | 03/18/2024 |
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- ISBN: 1849547130 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781849547130 (pbk.)
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xiv, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ... Read More
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- Edition: [New] edition.
- Publisher: London : Biteback Publishing, 2014.
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General Note: | Previous edition: London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970. |
Summary, etc.: | Colonel Richard Heslop, alias Xavier, was one of ... Read More |
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100 | 1 | . | ‡aHeslop, Richard, ‡d1907-1973, ‡eauthor. |
245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aXavier : ‡ba British secret agent with the French Resistance / ‡cRichard Heslop. |
250 | . | ‡a[New] edition. | |
264 | 1. | ‡aLondon : ‡bBiteback Publishing, ‡c2014. | |
300 | . | ‡axiv, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ‡billustrations (black and white), portraits ; ‡c20 cm. | |
500 | . | ‡aPrevious edition: London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970. | |
520 | . | ‡aColonel Richard Heslop, alias Xavier, was one of Britain's Greatest Special Operations agents in France. Ingeniously orchestrating resistance groups and ruthlessly sabotaging German operations, Xavier played a crucial role in Allied espionage during the war, from late 1942 right through to D-Day. Sent to France in the middle of the conflict, he delicately balanced clandestine missions and dangerous wartime operations on a daily basis, yet his name barely gets a mention in the accounts of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), making this insight all the more fascinating. It is clear that Xavier's role was like no other. it was a job that involved frequent encounters with the terrifying possibilities of capture, torture and death; it was a job where a careless whisper could deliver a man into the hands of the Gestapo; and it was a job that involved acts of sabotage, espionage, theft, and sometimes even murder...Xavier is a dramatic and compelling account of courage and endurance in the face of a merciless enemy - the true story of one of Britain's greatest secret agents. | |
600 | 1 | 0. | ‡aHeslop, Richard, ‡d1907-1973. |
610 | 1 | 0. | ‡aGreat Britain. ‡bSpecial Operations Executive ‡xHistory. |
650 | 0. | ‡aWorld War, 1939-1945 ‡vPersonal narratives, British. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aWorld War, 1939-1945 ‡xUnderground movements ‡zFrance. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aSpies ‡zGreat Britain. | |
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