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Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy Maclean
$31.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin World War II Collection
'An absorbing mixture of military adventure, urbane wit, cool humour and surprising incident' Financial Times Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. There he ...Show more
Eastern Approaches - The Memoirs of the Original British Action Hero by Fitzroy MacLean
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Penguin World War II Collection
Posted to Moscow as a young diplomat before the Second World War, Fitzroy Maclean travelled widely, with or without permission, in some of the wildest and remotest parts of the Soviet Union, then virtually closed to foreigners. In 1942 he fought as a founder member of the SAS in North Africa. There Macl ...Show more
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
$31.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin World War II Collection
The highly acclaimed 'Cruel Sea' is one of the all-time great naval and war thrillers. The film was a smash hit when released and both it and the book continue to enjoy undiminished popularity. It covers not just the details of the battle of the Atlantic, but deals with the people who fought it - their ...Show more
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