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The Hornets Sting: The Amazing Untold Story of World War II Spy Thomas Sneum

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#327796-XE4
Titel	The Hornets Sting: The Amazing Untold Story of World War II Spy Thomas Sneum
Auteur	Ryan, Mark
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Skyhorse Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2009
ISBN10	1616081708
ISBN13	9781616081706
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Assassination by crossbow, refueling homemade planes in mid-air, mother and daughter seduction--Allied spy Tommy Sneum did it all during World War II. The exploits of the Danish-born spy made him a legend in espionage circles. But until now, the full, extraordinary story of Sneum's action-packed career as a British-run spy has never been told. From his incredible escape from Denmark in a battered Hornet Moth aircraft, which he refueled in mid-air, to his second escape, where he walked across a treacherous frozen sea on which two of his companions died, Ryan covers all of Sneum's thrilling adventures. After escaping, Sneum leaked Nazi intelligence regarding radar installations in Denmark and an atom bomb. His reward? Imprisonment in Brixton as a suspected double agent. He cheated the hang... (Lees verder)man--but it is only with the publication of this enthralling book that Sneum can be celebrated as--in the words of Professor R. V. Jones, Churchill's chief of scientific intelligence-- one of the true heroes of World War II.
Pagina's	386
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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