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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Summary:
Colonel 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.
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