Name: Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham, VC & Bar (en Inglés)
Price: 29120.00 CLP
Availability: InStock
Author: Scott, Tom
ISBN: 9781988516608

portada Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham, VC & Bar (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Tom Scott

Editorial

Upstart Press

Año

2020

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

400

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781988516608

Categorías

Biografías de personas históricas, políticos y soldados
Historias reales de la guerra

Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham, VC & Bar (en Inglés)

Tom Scott (Autor) · Upstart Press · Tapa Dura

Libro Nuevo

$ 29.120

$ 52.950

Ahorras: $ 23.830

45% descuento

Envío normal

Origen: Reino Unido (Costos de importación incluídos en el precio)

Se enviará desde nuestra bodega entre el Martes 09 de Julio y el Jueves 18 de Julio.

Lo recibirás en cualquier lugar de Chile entre 1 y 3 días hábiles luego del envío.

Reseña del libro "Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham, VC & Bar (en Inglés)"

Charles Upham was the most highly decorated soldier in the Commonwealth forces of WWII, and could arguably be called the bravest soldier of the war. An unassuming stock worker/ valuer at the beginning of the war, he stormed through Crete and the Western Desert amazing and confounding his comrades with his exploits. He won two Victoria Crosses (the only combat soldier ever to do so) and in the opinion of his superiors deserved many more. Captured, he became an escape artist and ended his war in the famous Colditz POW camp. Shy and reluctant to take credit for his actions, he deflected all praise onto his soldiers and was described as "distraught" that he had been honoured. He then farmed in North Canterbury until his death in 1994, avoiding the limelight wherever possible. There has been one previous biography, "Mark of the Lion" published in 1962, which was a major bestseller and sells to this day.