Tramp In Armour
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj. Small stamp marking on fep. Binding remains tight.
In the chaos of the Nazi blitzkrieg tearing through Belgium in May 1940, a lone British tank crew finds itself cut off, surrounded, and utterly alone behind enemy lines — yet stubbornly refuses to surrender. Tramp in Armour chronicles the desperate, defiant journey of Sergeant Barnes and his men as they drive their battered Matilda tank westward toward Dunkirk, fighting through German-occupied territory with dwindling fuel, failing ammunition, and a mission that should be impossible to complete. Colin Forbes, the pen name of Raymond Harold Sawkins, was a master of the high-octane wartime thriller, and this breakthrough 1969 novel illustrates his remarkable gift for sustaining tension across a relentless, episodic narrative. Drawing on the authentic geography and grim realities of the Fall of France, Forbes constructs a story that is as much a character study in resilience and leadership as it is a pulse-pounding adventure. The novel stands as a gripping testament to the dogged British spirit under fire — and the question of whether courage alone can carry a tank to safety will keep the reader riveted to the very last page.
Author: Colin Forbes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, Collins
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj. Small stamp marking on fep. Binding remains tight.
In the chaos of the Nazi blitzkrieg tearing through Belgium in May 1940, a lone British tank crew finds itself cut off, surrounded, and utterly alone behind enemy lines — yet stubbornly refuses to surrender. Tramp in Armour chronicles the desperate, defiant journey of Sergeant Barnes and his men as they drive their battered Matilda tank westward toward Dunkirk, fighting through German-occupied territory with dwindling fuel, failing ammunition, and a mission that should be impossible to complete. Colin Forbes, the pen name of Raymond Harold Sawkins, was a master of the high-octane wartime thriller, and this breakthrough 1969 novel illustrates his remarkable gift for sustaining tension across a relentless, episodic narrative. Drawing on the authentic geography and grim realities of the Fall of France, Forbes constructs a story that is as much a character study in resilience and leadership as it is a pulse-pounding adventure. The novel stands as a gripping testament to the dogged British spirit under fire — and the question of whether courage alone can carry a tank to safety will keep the reader riveted to the very last page.