Richard Hillary: A Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Poor. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with some minor damage - corner shows damage.. Page Condition: Likely yellowed with age. Markings: Unknown. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
This compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary short life of Richard Hillary, the celebrated RAF Spitfire pilot whose memoir The Last Enemy became one of the most iconic accounts of aerial combat in the Second World War. Lovat Dickson presents an intimate and authoritative portrait of a brilliant, complex young man — an Oxford aesthete turned Battle of Britain hero — who was shot down, terribly burned, and yet returned to flying against all odds. Drawing on personal knowledge and meticulous research, Dickson illuminates the contradictions of Hillary's character: his arrogance and his courage, his literary ambition and his fatalistic sense of duty. The biography stands as a moving testament to a generation of young men consumed by war, and to one remarkable individual whose words and sacrifice left an indelible mark on British cultural memory.
Author: Lovat Dickson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1950, Macmillan & Co. Ltd
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Poor. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with some minor damage - corner shows damage.. Page Condition: Likely yellowed with age. Markings: Unknown. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
This compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary short life of Richard Hillary, the celebrated RAF Spitfire pilot whose memoir The Last Enemy became one of the most iconic accounts of aerial combat in the Second World War. Lovat Dickson presents an intimate and authoritative portrait of a brilliant, complex young man — an Oxford aesthete turned Battle of Britain hero — who was shot down, terribly burned, and yet returned to flying against all odds. Drawing on personal knowledge and meticulous research, Dickson illuminates the contradictions of Hillary's character: his arrogance and his courage, his literary ambition and his fatalistic sense of duty. The biography stands as a moving testament to a generation of young men consumed by war, and to one remarkable individual whose words and sacrifice left an indelible mark on British cultural memory.