Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? - Softcover

Leasor, James

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9780749301507: Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes?

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ISBN 10: 0749301503 ISBN 13: 9780749301507

Publisher: Mandarin, 1989

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In July 1943 self-made millionaire and benefactor Sir Harry Oakes was brutally murdered at his home in Nassau. Who had wished him dead and taken such trouble to destroy the evidence? The author has also written "The Red Fort" and "Boarding Party".

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'The story has all the right ingredients - rich occupants of a West Indian tax haven, corruption, drugs, the Mafia, and a weak character as governor.' -- Daily Mail

About the Author:

James Leasor was educated at The City of London School and Oriel College, Oxford. In World War II he was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and posted to the 1st Lincolns in Burma and India, where he served for three and a half years. His experiences there stimulated his interest in India both past and present and inspired him to write such books as Boarding Party (filmed as The Sea Wolves). He later became a feature writer and foreign correspondent at the Daily Express. There he wrote The One that Got Away, the story of the sole German POW to escape from Allied hands. As well as non-fiction, Leasor has written novels, including the Dr Jason Love series, which have been published in 19 countries. Passport to Oblivion was filmed as Where the Spies Are with David Niven.

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