Eight Hours From England, Anthony Quayle
Eight Hours From England, Anthony Quayle
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Eight Hours From England
Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics

Author: Anthony Quayle

Narrator: Glen McCready

Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 10/24/2019

Synopsis

Autumn 1943. Realising that his feelings for his sweetheart are not reciprocated, Major John Overton accepts a posting behind enemy lines in Nazi-Occupied Albania. Arriving to find the situation in disarray, he attempts to overcome geographical challenges and political intrigues to set up a new camp in the mountains overlooking the Adriatic.

As he struggles to complete his mission amidst a chaotic backdrop, Overton is left to ruminate on loyalty, comradeship and his own future.

Based on Anthony Quayle's own wartime experience with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), this new edition of a 1945 classic includes a contextual introduction from IWM which sheds new light on the fascinating true events that inspired its author.

(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle (1913 1989) was best known as a British actor and theatre director, receiving both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and featuring in a number of successful films such as Lawrence of Arabia and Ice Cold in Alex. During the Second World War Quayle served in the Royal Artillery, and later joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whence he was deployed to Albania. Eight Hours from England is a fictionalised account of Quayle s time behind enemy lines there.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J.C.

Enthralling book - I could hardly put it down. Fictionalised autobiography, which certainly added to the interest level for me. Authentic from start to finish. If you're looking for combat scenes, this wouldn't satisfy, but the realities of a Special Operations Executive WW2 mission to Albania in wi......more

Goodreads review by Mike

"I thought this was going to be a straightforward job of fighting," one of author Anthony Quayle's characters says on page 180, in the same sequence of dialogue that gives his novel Eight Hours from England its title. But even though this story takes place behind enemy lines in occupied Albania in 1......more

Goodreads review by Katedurie50

Hands up all those who know something about the Second World War in Albania. No, me neither, till I accidentally read this (accidentally because the library kindly dropped off a bag of books it had chosen for me, and I decided, in the spirit of lockdown I'd attempt them all). Antony Quayle drew heav......more

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