William Mortimer Moore

Free France's Lion

The Life of Philippe Leclerc, de Gaulle's Greatest General

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

But for his early death, many Frenchmen believe Leclerc would have been their greatest figure to emerge from World War II. De Gaulle himself admitted to his son-in-law that he gave up smoking when Leclerc died, in order to retain his health in case France needed him, because Leclerc was no longer there.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 164mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 897g
• ISBN-13: 9781612000688
• ISBN-10: 1612000681
• Artikelnr.: 33662401

Autorenporträt

Of Anglo-Dutch descent, William Mortimer-Moore was born in 1958 and educated at Dean Close School and University College, Cardiff. He has always wanted to write and, after a detour involving advertising copywriting, property, building and a couple of unpublished novels, William decided to address his love of history and France by writing this biography of Leclerc. He lives in Cheltenham in the United Kingdom where he is presently writing a book about Paris during 1944.