Hard Lying: Eastern Mediterranean, 1914-1919 Weldon Lewen
Hard Lying: Eastern Mediterranean, 1914-1919 Weldon Lewen First published in 1926, Weldon was mapping the deserts of Egypt when war broke out. He was a fluent Arabic speaker and could conduct…
Specifikacia Hard Lying: Eastern Mediterranean, 1914-1919 Weldon Lewen
Hard Lying: Eastern Mediterranean, 1914-1919 Weldon Lewen
First published in 1926, Weldon was mapping the deserts of Egypt when war broke out. He was a fluent Arabic speaker and could conduct personal interviews on the shore, as well as landing and taking off agents - all conveyed by small boats through the surf under the cover of night. Working from out of a steam yacht based on Port Said or Famagusta, he ran a network of spies and confidential agents onto the Levant coast behind Turkish lines.
Weldon's modesty and self-deprecating Irish wit (complete with a few prejudices) help us understand that these adventures were all true. This vivid tale of adventure becomes eyewitness history as we encounter Armenian's escaping the massacres, passionate Arab nationalists, resolute Turkish soldiers and a heroic network of Jewish volunteers. So many of our books are written by professional writers, but this is a story that simply had to be told. "We
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