Fitzroy Maclean
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| Original Title: | Eastern Approaches |
| ISBN: | 0140132716 (ISBN13: 9780140132717) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | World War II (WW II) Soviet Union,1937 Egypt,1941 …more Yugoslavia,1945 …less |
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This is the classic true adventure story of a man who by the pen, the sword and the diplomatic pouch influenced some of the most significant events of our era. Here Fitzroy Maclean recounts his extraordinary adventures in Soviet Central Asia, in the Western Desert, where he specialized in hair-raising commando-style raids behind enemy lines, and with Tito's partisans during the last months of the German occupation of Yugoslavia. An enthralling narrative, brilliantly told, "Eastern Approaches" is also a vivid personal view of episodes that have already become part of history.Details Of Books Eastern Approaches
| Title | : | Eastern Approaches |
| Author | : | Fitzroy Maclean |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 576 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2004 by Penguin Global (first published January 1st 1949) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. Travel. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir. Cultural. Russia |
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Ratings: 4.43 From 1078 Users | 110 ReviewsJudgment Of Books Eastern Approaches
A TRULY FANTASTIC BOOK! Fitzroy Maclean writes very fluidly and engagingly of his experiences, first as a member of the British Foreign Service in the Soviet Union between 1937 and 1939, and of his leaving (not without difficulty) the Diplomatic Service for the Army, where he rose from the rank of Private to Brigadier, having fought with the SAS in North Africa and later as head of the British Military Mission in Yugoslavia, where he became friends with Marshal Tito and fought alongside theThe book is a two different books, pre-ww2 and ww2. The author is a fine storyteller and the section on World War II and his exploits is well worth reading. The pre-World War II section is basically a travelouge of sorts, which I found very uninteresting because he has Little interaction with people in the country he visits. I did not have much interest in hearing about the great parties that this upper class Brit attended.
Eastern Approaches is autobiography of the best sort. A tale of high adventure that begins in Paris in the Thirties and ends in Yugoslavia at the end of the Second World War it is broken into three sections. The first begins in Paris, where Foreign Office man about town, Fitzroy MacLean tires of the diplomatic round and request a posting the Soviet Union. He arrives in Moscow to see the Stalin's society before and during the great purges. Not satisfied with a ringside seat at a witch hunt, he
A terrific memoir and travelogue. The book covers approximately eight years in MacLean's life. His years with the Foreign Office in the U.S.S.R., his time with the Special Air Service in North Africa and Iran and finally heading up a military mission to assist Tito and his Partisans in Yugoslavia in the last two years of World War II. MacLean followed in the footsteps of many famous British gentlemen explorers, soldiers and diplomats (often all at the same time). He had an insatiable appetite
My first outstanding read of 2018. Prepare your buckles for some serious swashing (or your swashes for some buckling?) with this book. The author, Fitzroy Maclean, was a British diplomat, member of parliament and soldier, and was widely speculated to have been one of the primary models for Ian Fleming's James Bond. Eastern Approaches is the memoir of his early professional life, of first being posted as a member of the British foreign service to Moscow in the late 1930's, and subsequently of
Fitzroy MacLean's adventures make those of James Bond pale into insignificance.I read this long ago when I was still at school, but remember it with great fondness.
A tripartite memoir of intrigue, travel, and military adventure, relating the author's experiences as a diplomat in the 1930's USSR, as a member of the early SAS (part of the UK Special Forces) in WWII North Africa, and finally as an important liaison to the Partisans in Yugoslavia, his two previous experiences providing the background for this capstone mission.The early part of the book is largely concerned with his travels in Soviet Central Asia. This section was probably much more interesting
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