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  • The Last Enemy

    A Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot's Memoir of RAF Combat, Burns Recovery, and Wartime Oxford

    by Richard Hillary ...
    Richard Hillary's The Last Enemy is one of the most searching literary memoirs to emerge from the Second World War, recounting his passage from Oxford undergraduate and self-consciously romantic fighter pilot to severely burned survivor of the Battle of Britain. Written with a cool, lucid elegance, the book combines combat narrative, psychological self-examination, and moral inquiry. Its title, ... Read more

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  • The Last Enemy [Illustrated Edition]

    by Flt.-Lt. Richard Hillary ...
    Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 200 maps, plans, and photos.The Last Enemy, is an autobiographical book by Spitfire pilot Richard Hillary. Hillary was born in Sydney, Australia in 1919 but was educated at Shrewsbury School in England and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Royal Air Force at the start of World War II.The book, written in ... Read more

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  • The Last Enemy

    by Richard Hillary ...
    Richard Hillary's book The Last Enemy was first published in the UK in 1942 just seven months before his untimely death. It is an extraordinary first-hand account of the experiences of a young man swept into the Battle of Britain as a Spitfire pilot. The book is in two parts, beginning with his time at Trinity College, Oxford, where he was a successful oarsman and carefree student. Joining the RAF ... Read more

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  • The Last Enemy

    by Richard Hillary ...
    This early work by Richard Hillary was originally published in 1942 and we are now republishing it. 'The Last Enemy' is a work in which the author writes about his experiences as a Supermarine Spitfire pilot in World War II. This is and excellent work for anyone interested in military history. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Enemy

    by Richard Hillary ...
    Richard Hillary was one of the great heroes of World War Two.And 'The Last Enemy' is one of the best books to emerge from that epic conflict.A fighter pilot in the Second World War Hillary was shot down and was in hospital for some months as part of Archibald McIndoe’s ‘Guinea Pig Club’.He underwent plastic surgery to rebuild his face and hands, and his account is all the more startling given that ... Read more

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  • The Last Enemy

    by Richard Hillary ...
    This is the true story of Second World War fighter pilot, Richard Hillary.After being shot down in September 1940, Hillary spent several months in hospital, undergoing numerous operations; a member of Archibald McIndoe's 'Guinea Pig Club'. Originally published in 1942, just months before he died in a second crash, The Last Enemy recounts the struggles and successes of a young man in the Royal Air ... Read more

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  • The Last Enemy

    The Centenary Collection

    by Richard Hillary ...
    Series series The Centenary Collection
    In 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force. To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing the Centenary Collection, a series of six classic books highlighting the skill, heroism and esprit de corps that have characterised the Royal Air Force throughout its first century.The Last Enemy is Richard Hillary's extraordinary account of his ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • The Last Enemy

    An inspiring story of World War Two from a Battle of Britain hero

    by Richard Hillary ...
    The Last Enemy is the story of Richard Hillary, one of Sebastian Faulks' three 'fatal englishmen'. In this extraordinary account, the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down, leading to 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 ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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    The Last Enemy

    An inspiring story of World War Two from a Battle of Britain hero

    by Richard Hillary ...
    Narrated by Jeremy Vine, Sebastian Faulks ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 31 min

    The thrilling and moving classic memoir of a spitfire pilot in World War Two.This 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 ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

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    The Girls Who Went to War

    Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces

    by Duncan Barrett, Calvi ...
    Narrated by Tania Rodrigues ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 55 min

    The personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940.In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a population almost twice the size of ours from which to draw new waves of soldiers. Clearly, in the fight against Hitler, manpower alone wasn’t going to be ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Spitfire Pilot

    by Flight-Lieutentant David M. Crook, DFC ...
    Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 43 min

    At the outbreak of the Second World War D. M. Crook, of No. 609 Squadron AAF, was at Yeadon, still undergoing his training; by the winter of 1939–40, he had his wings.Successfully applying to return to his Squadron, then on defense duties in northern England, Crook began to familiarize himself with their new fighter: the Spitfire.Soon they were posted to RAF Northolt, and it was at this time that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Spitfire!: The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot

    by Brian Lane ...
    Lane was the author of Spitfire!, originally published in 1942 under the pseudonym B.J. Ellan. The book is a first hand account of his experiences as a front line Spitfire pilot and is one of only a few contemporaneous autobiographical accounts of the life of a Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot. ... Read more

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