The Last Enemy (Classics of War) - Softcover

Hillary, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580800564 ISBN 13: 9781580800563

Publisher: Burford Books, 1998

Synopsis

An account of the training, combat experience, and convalescence of an RAF pilot written just before his return to, and death in, combat

About this title

Review:

"The Last Enemy rapidly acquired the aura of a book that says something vital, whose importance goes beyond what it literally describes." (Sebastian Faulks)

"`This slim volume of Hillary's seems to have a weight which makes it sink into the depths of one's memory, while tons of printed bulk drift as flotsom on its surface. '" (Arthur Koestler)

"One of the classic books of World War Two." (Philip French London Review of Books)

"Rivetingly well told...It will still speak to anyone who cares for the romance and tragedy of a lost hero." (Godfrey Smith Sunday Times)

Book Description:

Richard Hillary is one of the three `fatal Englishmen' in Sebastian Faulks's recent Hutchinson bestseller. THE LAST ENEMY - long out of print - is the book he wrote about his experiences in the Second World War. now regarded as a classic, this edition has a new introduction by Sebastian Faulks.

About this edition

• Publisher: Burford Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1580800564
• ISBN 13: 9781580800563
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178