Paul Mcnamara

The Mystery of the Old Soldier (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

After the second world war, many members of the armed forces returned home to the UK to begin their lives again.

A number of them took up the writing of children's books some featuring the daring dos of crack commandos or air aces, some featuring the ups and downs of boys and girls in England's sprawling public school network.

The Mystery of the Old Soldier offers a look at both sides of such a life the perspective of the returning ex-serviceman as well as the book he is writing.

As the protagonist's health deteriorates and he becomes more dependant on strong medicines to keep him alive, his outlook changes from one of bleak hopelessness to one of seeming lightness and calm.

At the same time, his written prose changes from typical post-war schoolboy gung-hoery to a dark and savage reality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Eaglemont Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798230744283
• Artikelnr.: 72725732

Autorenporträt

Mr Paul McNamara is a journalist, editor, author and biographer with extensive experience in Asia, the UK, the Arabian Gulf and Australia covering the wholesale financial markets. Over the years he has worked for the Financial Times Group, Fairfax Media, Euromoney Institutional Investor, CPI Financial, Yasaar Media and Eaglemont Media.

His areas of specialisation include insurance, reinsurance, risk, Islamic finance, investment banking, project finance, trade finance, wealth management, private equity, hedge funds and alternative investments, the Middle East banking and finance industry, GCC capital markets and the world of interest rate securities.

Over the years he has launched numerous publications that have gone on to define their markets, including Shares Magazine in Australia, Banker Middle East Magazine and Private Equity and Hedge Funds Middle East in the UAE and The Islamic Globe newspaper in London.

He is also the author of numerous books including Qatar Takes Off, The History of Banking in the UAE, The History of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Dubai Islamic Bank: 35 Glorious Years, Understanding Interest Rate Securities, Business Doha, Uttar Pradesh: Modern Business Hub, Abu Dhabi and Dubai: Young and Rich and many others.

He has a BA (Hons) in politics, philosophy and economics from Christ Church, Oxford University.