The Speedicut Memoirs

Book 2 (1918-1923): Fallen Eagles

von Christopher Joll

304 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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