The Last Enemy
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:1st Jul '10
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Richard Hillary is one of the three 'fatal Englishmen' in Sebastian Faulks's bestseller of the same name. The Last Enemy is the book he wrote about his experiences in the Second World War; now regarded as a classic, this edition, which includes an introduction by Sebastian Faulks, is published in Vintage for the first time.
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 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 Times
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 '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
The Last Enemy rapidly acquired the aura of a book that says something vital, whose importance goes beyond what it literally describes * Sebastian Faulks *
This slim volume of Hillary's seems to have a weight which makes it sink into the depths of one's memory, while tons of printed bulk drift as flotsom on its surface -- Arthur Koestler
One of the classic books of World War Two -- Philip French * London Review of Books *
Rivetingly well told...It will still speak to anyone who cares for the romance and tragedy of a lost hero. -- Godfrey Smith * Sunday Times *
Elegantly affecting memoir -- David Horspool * The Times *
He gives you an angle on the war - the pilot's view, before it hardened into mythology, something you won't get anywhere else. -- William Leith * Scotsman *
Immerse yourself in this extraordinary account of Richard Hillary's experiences... A lost hero whose story has inspired many -- Charlotte Vowden * Daily Express *
ISBN: 9780099551829
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
Weight: 138g
192 pages