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Beau Béte: The true story of a Royal Marine sniper assigned to Ian Fleming's WWII intelligence unit.
by Farrin, Guy Allan
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A remarkable story of true events. Devastated by the death of my grandfather, Ron, I'm amazed to discover what I thought were the ravings of an unbalanced mind may actually be true. Captivated by the family portrait of Grandad, entitled BEAU B TE (Beautiful but Stupid Beast). I set out to learn more about the wartime unit Ron was always so reticent to talk about. From the scribbled and sometimes manic memiors of Ron's and the very men that he served with, I decipher the incredible story of a Commando Sniper and the history of Ian 'James Bond' Fleming's TOP SECRET intelligence gathering unit - 30AU, a unit Fleming himself called his 'Red Indians'. From my Nan's treasured love letters her past is revealed, as member of the Maquis (French Resistance - FFI) helping downed Allied Airmen escape and the wealthy family who disowned her for loving a poor english soldier. Her brother's struggle against the Nazi regime and untimely, suspicious death and Ron's involvement in covert missions to capture Hitler's scientists, ahead of the Russians and the Americans, including the real story of how the Nazi/NASA scientists actually ended up in the USA, working on their space/weapons rocket research programme.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Farrin, Guy Allan
- ISBN: 9798584628284
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.62
- Number Of Pages: 294
- Publication Year: 2020
Language:
English