Death or Glory: The Last Commando
Author(s): Michael Asher
Libya 1942 - Rommel's Africa Korps is sweeping across Northern Africa. When First Officer Madeleine Rose's plane is shot down deep behind enemy lines - GHQ must send in the commandos to pull her out. It looks like no more than a deadly fool's errand - and the man they choose is given one option: take the mission or face court martial.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Michael Joseph Ltd
- : 0.786
- : 01 May 2009
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Michael Asher
- : Hardback
- : 823.914
- : 496
More About The Product
Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment and the SAS. With his wife, Arabist and photographer Mariantonietta Peru, he made the first west-east crossing of the Sahara on foot with camels - a distance of 4,500 miles - without technology or back-up of any kind. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has won both the Ness Award of the Royal Geographical Society and the Mungo Park Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for Exploration. He has written many books, most recently The Regiment: The Real Story of the SAS (Penguin 2007).
