No Drums, No Trumpets by Alec Le Vernoy (Hardcover, 1988)

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Author: Alec Le Vernoy ISBN 10: 0718130219. Title: No Drums No Trumpets Item Condition: used item in a good condition.

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This is a true story from the Second World War which tells of the adventures and experiences of the author, Alec le Vernoy. Alec le Vernoy was born in 1918 and at the outbreak of war was a young medical student in Paris. He relates his experiences as a soldier in campaigns in France, Tunisia, Egypt and Germany as he pursued his ambition to join the Free French. He was captured four times and he escaped four times - once from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. On reaching neutral territory, he was seconded to a unit of the Resistance harrying German forces occupying France and in the weeks following D-Day Alec was appointed commander of an area of south-west France and was finally demobbed in 1945 as Captain in the Marines paratroop commando. He was awarded 14 decorations including the military Legion of Honour.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780718130213
eBay Product ID (ePID)90622953

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Book TitleNo Drums, No Trumpets
Number of Pages328 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1988
TopicHistory
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlec Le Vernoy
FormatHardcover

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Item Height220 mm
Item Weight640 g
Item Width140 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAlec Le Vernoy

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    Very well written factual account of one man’s experiences in World War Two……

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