The Hornet's Sting: The Amazing Untold Story of World War II Spy Thomas Sneum

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Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
Pages
368
Publication Date
2009-04-01
ISBN
9781602397101
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1602397104
ISBN-13
9781602397101
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71710175

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hornet's Sting : the Amazing Untold Story of World War II Spy Thomas Sneum
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Espionage
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, True Crime, History
Author
Mark Ryan
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
6.3 in
Item Weight
23.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-006210
Reviews
Even fictional spy masters James Bond and Jason Bourne would be hard-pressed to match the real-life adventures of Thomas Sneum.... a treat for fans of wild WWII yarns.
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
940.53/489092 B
Synopsis
Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with Sneum, Mark Ryan describes how Tommy made an incredible escape from Denmark in a battered old Hornet Moth aircraft - which he had to refuel in mid-air by climbing out on the wing. Later, he escaped from Denmark again - by walking across a treacherous frozen sea on which two of his companions died. Tommy brought over precious intelligence about the Nazi radar installations in Denmark and their atom bomb - his reward was to be imprisoned in Brixton as a suspected double agent and threatened with execution. He cheated the hangman - but it is only with the publication of this enthralling book that Sneum can be celebrated as, in the words of Professor R.V. Jones, Churchill's chief of scientific intelligence, 'one of the true heroes of World War II'. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home., Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with Sneum, Mark Ryan describes how Tommy made an incredible escape from Denmark in a battered old Hornet Moth aircraft - which he had to refuel in mid-air by climbing out on the wing. Later, he escaped from Denmark again - by walking across a treacherous frozen sea on which two of his companions died. Tommy brought over precious intelligence about the Nazi radar installations in Denmark and their atom bomb - his reward was to be imprisoned in Brixton as a suspected double agent and threatened with execution. He cheated the hangman - but it is only with the publication of this enthralling book that Sneum can be celebrated as, in the words of Professor R.V. Jones, Churchill's chief of scientific intelligence, 'one of the true heroes of World War II'.
LC Classification Number
D810.S8S5976 2009

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