The thrilling and moving classic memoir of a spitfire pilot in World War Two. 'Rivetingly well told...It will speak to anyone who cares for the romance and tragedy of a lost hero' Sunday TimesThis is the true story of Richard Hillary, immortalised in Sebastian Faulks' bestselling triple biography, The Fatal Englishman. In The Last Enemy, Richard Hillary tells his extraordinary story in his own words. Shot out of the sky in the Battle of Britain, Hillary spent months in hospital as part of Archibald McIndoe's 'Guinea Pig Club', undergoing pioneering plastic surgery to rebuild his face and hands.The Last Enemy was first published in 1942, just seven months before Hilary's untimely death in a second crash.'One of the classic texts of World War Two' London Review of Books'Elegantly affecting memoir' The Times

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Utgivningsdatum2010-07-01
Mått131 x 197 x 13 mm
Vikt138 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagVintage Publishing
ISBN9780099551829

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Richard Hillary was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1919. He was sent to boarding school in England and went to Trinity College, Oxford in 1937. He was still at Oxford when the Second World War broke out and, with other members of the R.A.F Volunteer Reserve, was immediately called to duty. He blew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. He underwent several operations by the great plastic surgeon, Archibald McIndoe. After a slow and very painful recovery, Hilary begged to be allowed to return to flying. He was killed, at the age of 23, when his plane crashed in a night training operation.