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Overview‘There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War’ John Keegan Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint deep in Japanese territory, held it against counter-attack and spearheaded the final assault in which the Japanese armies were, to quote General Slim, “torn apart”. Full Product DetailsAuthor: George MacDonald FraserPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: HarperCollins Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.230kg ISBN: 9780008334581ISBN 10: 0008334587 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 30 May 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews`The sense of front-line danger is palpable and the smell of action is remarkable. His descriptions of the sudden violent actions are breathtaking. This is battle as it is done' Melvyn Bragg, Evening Standard `Fraser's is quite the most vividly realistic account of the sharp end of the war in Burma that I have read... If you have enjoyed Fraser's Flashman books you will enjoy the racy, pacy, utterly authentic account of far away long ago soldiering' John Mellors, London Magazine `This is a book as good as anything Fraser has written... A moving and penetrating contribution to the literature of the Burma campaign' Max Hastings, Daily Telegraph `A brilliantly entertaining read, with all the narrative power, gift for dialogue and surprising twists and turns that would be expected of Flashman's creator' Gary Mead, Financial Times 'The sense of front-line danger is palpable and the smell of action is remarkable. His descriptions of the sudden violent actions are breathtaking. This is battle as it is done' Melvyn Bragg, Evening Standard 'Fraser's is quite the most vividly realistic account of the sharp end of the war in Burma that I have read... If you have enjoyed Fraser's Flashman books you will enjoy the racy, pacy, utterly authentic account of far away long ago soldiering' John Mellors, London Magazine 'This is a book as good as anything Fraser has written... A moving and penetrating contribution to the literature of the Burma campaign' Max Hastings, Daily Telegraph 'A brilliantly entertaining read, with all the narrative power, gift for dialogue and surprising twists and turns that would be expected of Flashman's creator' Gary Mead, Financial Times Author InformationThe author of the famous Flashman Papers and the Private McAuslan stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada. In addition to his novels he has also written numerous films, most notably The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, and the James Bond film, Octopussy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |