Susan Travers; Wendy Holden (As told to):Tomorrow to Be Brave
- Taschenbuch ISBN: 0593046854
[EAN: 9780593046852], [PU: Transworld Publishers Limited], PHILOSOPHY LOGIC LINGUISTICS, "It was early spring 1942, and under the pitiless sky of the Libyan desert the climax of the great… Mehr…
[EAN: 9780593046852], [PU: Transworld Publishers Limited], PHILOSOPHY LOGIC LINGUISTICS, "It was early spring 1942, and under the pitiless sky of the Libyan desert the climax of the great siege of Bir Hakeim was about to begin. General Koenig, the commander of the Free French and the Foreign Legion in North Africa, and his two thousand troops had been surrounded for fifteen days and nights by Rommel's Afrika Corps. Outnumbered ten to one, pounded by wave after wave of Stuka and Heikel bombers, the general and his men seemed doomed. Though their situation was hopeless, they chose to reject the Desert Fox's demand for surrender. Instead, one moonless night, the French made an audacious and suicidal bid for freedom by charging directly through the German lines. Leading the way was Susan Travers." "The only woman ever to serve officially in the French Foreign Legion, there was the indomitable Englishwoman, speeding across the minefields of 'no man's land' directly towards Rommel's deadly Panzer tanks, her foot hard on the accelerator, doing her job: driving the general's car. That it was leading two thousand men in one of the great military exploits of the Second World War, the legendary mass break-out from Bir Hakeim, that it would see her hailed as the heroine of the night and eventually earn her both the Military Medal and the Legion d'Honneur, was not on her mind as the night exploded around her and German artillery lit up the desert sky. Her only thought was this: she was trying to save the life of the man she loved." "Tomorrow to be Brave is the story of Susan Travers's extraordinary life, from her privileged childhood in England through her rebellious youth partying her way across interwar Europe, to her rash decision to join the Free French forces at the outbreak of World War II. In search of adventure - and a break from her stifling upper-class world - she could never have dreamed the pivotal role she would play. From her part in the North African campaign through her time after the war serving in the French Foreign Legion as a regular officer - the only woman ever to have achieved this - there was enough adventure and passion, heartbreak and heroism, to fill a hundred lifetimes."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved<
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Susan Travers:Tomorrow to Be Brave
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[EAN: 9780593046852], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Transworld Publishers Limited], BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL,POLITICAL & MILITARY,TRUE WAR COMBAT STORIES,MILITARY HISTORY, 287 pages. Cover … Mehr…
[EAN: 9780593046852], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Transworld Publishers Limited], BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL,POLITICAL & MILITARY,TRUE WAR COMBAT STORIES,MILITARY HISTORY, 287 pages. Cover worn.Susan Travers dreamed of an adventurous life, but had little chance of it until the Second World War des troyed her cafe society world and freed her from the bonds of her privileged but stifling upbringing. Leaving her peripatetic, par ty-girl lifestyle behind her, she drank a last cocktail at her fr iend Gladys's chateau, locked the door behind her and walked into history. Here for the first time, the life story of the only wom an to fight for the French Legion is one that few dare to even im agine. Born to a life of privilege, Susan spends her childhood lo nging for excitement. After being expelled from finishing school for being too interested in men, she signed up with the Free Fren ch in 1940 and sailed to Africa where she traveled the country fi ghting the war and taking on lovers, eventually becoming a driver to General Koenig of the Foreign Legion. He was to become her lo ver and the man for whom she would risk everything. A military le ader of Olympian detach, he was in private a sensitive soul, shar ing poetry with Susan, including the piece from which the title o f the book is taken, Tomorrow To Be Brave. He was also the man wh o helped change the face of Rommel's North African campaign. At t he great siege of Bir Hakeim, the general's troops were surrounde d for fifteen days by Rommel's Panzer division. Susan refused to leave the General's side and evetually, at the wheel of his car, led the convoy of vehicles and men across the minefields as part of a daring mass breakout. Hailed as the heroine of the night, Su san was rewarded with the love and loyalty of the legion with who m she served as its only official female member ever. In 1997 in a simple ceremony attended by the few remaining survivors of the corps with which she fought, the Legion presented Susan Travers, now a frail 88 year old, with the Legion d'Honneur--their highest award for bravery. She lives quietly to this day in a modest nur sing home outside Paris where only a very few know what circuitou s and fantastic a path led her there--until now., Books<
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Susan Travers:Tomorrow to Be Brave
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Transworld Publishers Limited. Good. 23 x 16cm. Paperback. 2000. 287 pages. Cover worn.<br>Susan Travers dreamed of an adventurous life, but had little chance of it until the Secon… Mehr…
Transworld Publishers Limited. Good. 23 x 16cm. Paperback. 2000. 287 pages. Cover worn.<br>Susan Travers dreamed of an adventurous life, but had little chance of it until the Second World War des troyed her cafe society world and freed her from the bonds of her privileged but stifling upbringing. Leaving her peripatetic, par ty-girl lifestyle behind her, she drank a last cocktail at her fr iend Gladys's chateau, locked the door behind her and walked into history. Here for the first time, the life story of the only wom an to fight for the French Legion is one that few dare to even im agine. Born to a life of privilege, Susan spends her childhood lo nging for excitement. After being expelled from finishing school for being too interested in men, she signed up with the Free Fren ch in 1940 and sailed to Africa where she traveled the country fi ghting the war and taking on lovers, eventually becoming a driver to General Koenig of the Foreign Legion. He was to become her lo ver and the man for whom she would risk everything. A military le ader of Olympian detach, he was in private a sensitive soul, shar ing poetry with Susan, including the piece from which the title o f the book is taken, Tomorrow To Be Brave. He was also the man wh o helped change the face of Rommel's North African campaign. At t he great siege of Bir Hakeim, the general's troops were surrounde d for fifteen days by Rommel's Panzer division. Susan refused to leave the General's side and evetually, at the wheel of his car, led the convoy of vehicles and men across the minefields as part of a daring mass breakout. Hailed as the heroine of the night, Su san was rewarded with the love and loyalty of the legion with who m she served as its only official female member ever. In 1997 in a simple ceremony attended by the few remaining survivors of the corps with which she fought, the Legion presented Susan Travers, now a frail 88 year old, with the Legion d'Honneur--their highest award for bravery. She lives quietly to this day in a modest nur sing home outside Paris where only a very few know what circuitou s and fantastic a path led her there--until now. ., Transworld Publishers Limited, 2000, 2.5<
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Susan Travers:Tomorrow to Be Brave
- signiertes Exemplar 2000, ISBN: 9780593046852
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Transworld Publishers Limited. Good. 23 x 16cm. Paperback. 2000. 287 pages. <br>Susan Travers dreamed of an adventurous life, but had little chance of it until the Second World War… Mehr…
Transworld Publishers Limited. Good. 23 x 16cm. Paperback. 2000. 287 pages. <br>Susan Travers dreamed of an adventurous life, but had little chance of it until the Second World War destroyed her cafe society world and freed her from the bonds of her privileged but stifling upbringing. Leaving her peripatetic, party-girl lif estyle behind her, she drank a last cocktail at her friend Gladys 's chateau, locked the door behind her and walked into history. H ere for the first time, the life story of the only woman to fight for the French Legion is one that few dare to even imagine. Born to a life of privilege, Susan spends her childhood longing for e xcitement. After being expelled from finishing school for being t oo interested in men, she signed up with the Free French in 1940 and sailed to Africa where she traveled the country fighting the war and taking on lovers, eventually becoming a driver to General Koenig of the Foreign Legion. He was to become her lover and the man for whom she would risk everything. A military leader of Oly mpian detach, he was in private a sensitive soul, sharing poetry with Susan, including the piece from which the title of the book is taken, Tomorrow To Be Brave. He was also the man who helped ch ange the face of Rommel's North African campaign. At the great si ege of Bir Hakeim, the general's troops were surrounded for fifte en days by Rommel's Panzer division. Susan refused to leave the G eneral's side and evetually, at the wheel of his car, led the con voy of vehicles and men across the minefields as part of a daring mass breakout. Hailed as the heroine of the night, Susan was rew arded with the love and loyalty of the legion with whom she serve d as its only official female member ever. In 1997 in a simple ce remony attended by the few remaining survivors of the corps with which she fought, the Legion presented Susan Travers, now a frail 88 year old, with the Legion d'Honneur--their highest award for bravery. She lives quietly to this day in a modest nursing home o utside Paris where only a very few know what circuitous and fanta stic a path led her there--until now. ., Transworld Publishers Limited, 2000, 2.5<
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Travers, Susan:Tomorrow to Be Brave : A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion
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