A Kind of Courage - Softcover

John Harris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755102339 ISBN 13: 9780755102334

Publisher: Houseof Stratus, 2001

Synopsis

At the heart of this story of courage and might, is Major Billy Pentecost, commander of a remote desert outpost near Hahdhdhah, deep among the bleak hills of Khalit. His orders are to prepare to move out along with a handful of British soldiers. Impatient tribesmen gather outside the fort, eager to reclaim the land of their blood and commanded by Abd el Aziz el Beidawi, a feared Arab warrior lord. A friendship forms between the two very different commanders but when Pentecost’s orders are reversed, a nightmarish tragedy ensues.

About this title

Review:

'A master of the gripping adventure yarn' - -- The Daily Telegraph

'A novel of tremendous excitement' -- Scotsman

About the Author:

John Harris, who also wrote under the pen names of Mark Hebden and Max Hennessy was born in 1916. He authored the best-selling The Sea Shall Not Have Them. He was a sailor, an airman, a journalist, a travel courier, a cartoonist and a history teacher. During the Second World War he served with two air forces and two navies. After turning to full-time writing, Harris wrote adventure stories and created a sequence of crime novels around the quirky fictional character Chief Inspector Pel. A master of war and crime fiction, his enduring novels are versatile and entertaining.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houseof Stratus
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0755102339
• ISBN 13: 9780755102334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304