IN THE MOUTH OF THE TIGER - Softcover

SILVER, LYNETTE

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1863514570 ISBN 13: 9781863514576

Synopsis

In the Mouth of the Tiger is an epic story of adventure, love, mystery and intrigue set in Malaya, in the colourful and turbulent years before and after World War 2. Nona Orlov, a young Russian refugee abandoned in colonial Penang, falls in love with an Englishman who offers escape from her tawdry hand-to-mouth existence and catapults her into a world of mansions, expensive cars, well-bred horses and luxurious yachts. But Denis Elesmere-Elliott is much more than the urbane, wealthy man-about-town that he appears, and Nona is plunged into a dark world of treachery, violence and sudden death. As the mysteries multiply, Nona realises that, if she is to survive, her courage must match those of the tigers that frequent the jungles around her. Reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald Who was the real James Bond? 'The Man of Mystery Uncovered' when Derek Emerson-Elliot spoke to Mornings about the revelation that his father was a spy.

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About the Author:

Derek Emerson-Elliott was born in colonial Singapore in 1939, the son of an English adventurer and a young Russian émigré. He has infant memories of escaping the Japanese invasion of the island in 1942, after which he enjoyed an enchanted childhood full of travel and adventure, living in Australia, Malaya during the Communist uprising, England, South Africa and Portugal. Derek was for a period an Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General, Lord Casey, and has worked as a lawyer in the public service, a litigation solicitor in private practice in Canberra, and a barrister in Canberra and in New South Wales. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra, has published articles on various controversial legal subjects, and is currently a street lawyer fighting for the clients of a community legal center in Canberra.

Lynette Silver is a military historian, and the author of a number of books on Australian history, including The Battle of Vinegar Hill (Doubleday), Fabulous Furphies (Sally Milner), The Heroes of Rimau (Leo Cooper), Krait the Fishing Boat that went to War (Cultured Lotus), Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence (Sally Milner), The Bridge at Parit Sulong (The Watermark Press), Blood Brothers (Opus Publications), and Deadly Secrets: The Singapore Raids 1942-45 (Sally Milner).

About this edition

• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1863514570
• ISBN 13: 9781863514576
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1