Catesby Spy #07: Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man

Catesby Spy #07: Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man
Edward Wilson
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Paperback
h196 x 128mm - 304pg
7 Jul 2022 UK
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9781529422283
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1941:a teenage William Catesby leaves Cambridge to join the army and support the wareffort. Parachuted into Occupied France as an SOE officer, he witnessestragedies and remarkable feats of bravery during the French Resistance. 2014:now in his nineties, Catesby recounts his life to his granddaughter for thefirst time. Their interviews weave together the historical, the personal andthe emotional, skipping across different decades and continents to reveal acomplex and conflicted man. Catesby' sincredible story recounts a life of spying and the trauma of war, but also lostlove, yearning, and hope for the future. Praise for Edward Wilson:' Ted Wilson,writing out of deepest Suffolk, is a magnificent addition to the Englishtradition of writing about this dark side of politics and government. He deservesa big readership as fact and fiction blend into great storytelling. ' Tribune' High calibrewriting throughout, and an array of extraordinary characters. Not to bemissed. ' Shots' Edward Wilsonseems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' Irish Independent

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#07: Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man

Edward Wilson is a native of Baltimore. He studied International Relations on a US Army scholarship and later served as a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. He received the Army Commendation Medal with V for his part in rescuing wounded Vietnamese soldiers from a minefield. He is the author of seven novels, A River in May, The Envoy, The Darkling Spy, The Midnight Swimmer, A Very British Ending, The Whitehall Mandarin and South Atlantic Requiem, all published by Arcadia Books. The author now lives in Suffolk where he taught English and Modern Languages for thirty years.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529422283
Published: 7 Jul 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Arcadia Books
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 196mm
Width: 128mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 304

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