Behind Enemy Lines: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero

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Richard Bath Sir Tommy Macpherson

Behind Enemy Lines

The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero

Richard Bath, Sir Tommy Macpherson

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Mainstream Publishing
15 February 2012

Autobiography: historical, political & military; History; Second World War; Military life & institutions

The astonishing story of how an ordinary boy came to achieve truly extraordinary feats when war came calling

With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.

Yet for 65 years the Highlander's story has remained untold. Few know how, aged 21, he persuaded 23,000 SS soldiers of the feared Das Reich tank column to surrender, or how Tommy almost single-handedly stopped Tito's Yugoslavia annexing the whole of north-east Italy. Twice captured, he escaped both times, marching through hundreds of miles of German-held territory to get home.

Still a schoolboy when war broke out, Tommy quickly matured into a legendary commando, and his remarkable story features a dizzyingly diverse cast of characters, including Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Montgomery and Charles de Gaulle.

By: Richard Bath, Sir Tommy Macpherson
Imprint: Mainstream Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 205g
ISBN: 9781845967086
ISBN 10: 1845967089
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 February 2012
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sir Tommy Macpherson was born in Edinburgh in 1920. He now divides his time between London and Newtonmore. Richard Bath is an award-winning journalist who edits Scottish Field magazine and writes for Scotland on Sunday on history, politics, food and sport. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and three children.

Reviews for Behind Enemy Lines: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero

Recreates the adventure * The Times Literary Supplement * One of Scotland's most courageous sons * Sunday Herald * My book of the year, without question . . . reads like a combination of a Biggles adventure and Dick Barton -- Jeffrey Archer in Books of the Year 2010 * Daily Telegraph *