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ISBN: 9780571250639 - Ian Fleming's Commandos Ian Fleming's Commandos
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 0571250637  ISBN13: 9780571250639
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 May 2012
In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence? Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major... More

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ISBN: 9780571221967 - Churchill's Wizards Churchill's Wizards
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 0571221963  ISBN13: 9780571221967
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 May 2009
Tells the story of how the British really won two world wars - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and bluffing their way out of trouble. Culminating in the spectacular misdirection that was so essential to the success of D-Day in 1944... More

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ISBN: 9780571250622 - Ian Fleming's Commandos Ian Fleming's Commandos
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 0571250629  ISBN13: 9780571250622
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Oct 2011
In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters... More

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ISBN: 9780571284221 - Ian Fleming's Commandos Ian Fleming's Commandos
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 0571284221  ISBN13: 9780571284221
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Edition: Signed ed.
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Oct 2011

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ISBN: 9780571205684 - Telegram from Guernica Telegram from Guernica
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 0571205682  ISBN13: 9780571205684
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Mar 2004
George Steer, journalist and adventurer, had a spectacularly exciting career: he was a friend and supporter of Haile Selassie and was the first to unmask the Nazi involvement in the bombing of Guernica. In this biography, Nicholas Rankin reveals... More

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ISBN: 9780571242184 - Dead Man's Chest Dead Man's Chest
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 0571242189  ISBN13: 9780571242184
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 May 2008
Through Europe and America, from the Highlands of Scotland to the islands of the Pacific, this book explores a trail, charting how a Scottish bohemian became an honorary chief among the Samoans, and how a European aesthete turned to Pacific politics. More

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ISBN: 9781842122754 - Dead Man's Chest Dead Man's Chest
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 1842122754  ISBN13: 9781842122754
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 21 Jun 2001
Follow the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson in a thrilling and meticulous travelogue that retraces his journey from Edinburgh to the South Seas--where he died in Samoa at the age of just 44. A deliciously gossipy and beautifully researched book. More

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ISBN: 9780571221950 - Churchill's Wizards Churchill's Wizards
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 0571221955  ISBN13: 9780571221950
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 18 Sep 2008
The Story of how the British really won two world wars - by canning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn.By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. To protect itself, the nation fell back... More

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ISBN: 9780571205639 - Telegram from Guernica Telegram from Guernica
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 0571205631  ISBN13: 9780571205639
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 07 Apr 2003
George Steer, a twenty-seven-year-old adventurer, was a friend and supporter of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I. He foresaw and alerted others to the fascist game-plan in Africa and all over Europe; initiated new techniques of propaganda... More

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ISBN: 9780571138081 - Dead Man's Chest Dead Man's Chest
Nicholas Rankin

ISBN10: 057113808X  ISBN13: 9780571138081
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Jul 1987
A meticulous travelogue following in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson in his travels from Edinburgh to the South Seas. More