The Sabotage Diaries - Softcover

Katherine Barnes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0732298792 ISBN 13: 9780732298791

Publisher: Harper Collins, 2015

Synopsis

Based on the wartime diaries of Allied soldier and saboteur Tom Barnes, this account of thrilling WWII wartime deeds deep behind enemy lines in Greece is based on fact but reads like fiction. A thrilling read of wartime exploits, daring, intrigue and resourcefulness, The Sabotage Diaries is the astonishing true story of Allied engineer Tom Barnes, who was parachuted behind enemy lines in Greece in October 1942 with a small team of sappers and special operations officers. Their brief was to work with the Greek resistance in sabotage operations against the German and Italian occupation forces. Under-equipped and under-prepared but with courage to spare, their initial mission was to blow up a key railway bridge, cutting Rommel's supply lines to North Africa, where the battle of El Alamein was about to begin. But Operation Harling-as it was known-was only the start of a lengthy and perilous clandestine mission. Written by Tom Barnes' daughter-in-law, award-winning author Katherine Barnes, and drawn from Tom's wartime diaries, reports and letters, plus many other historical sources and first-hand accounts, this is a vivid and gripping tale of the often desperate and dangerous reality behind sabotage operations. 'A thrilling tale that could be straight out of the pages of an action adventure novel ...a remarkable and highly readable tale of a little known World War II operation.' Daily Telegraph 'The Sabotage Diaries has fantastically broad appeal ...Like a saboteur under the cover of dark, the book will stealthily administer a solid history lesson cloaked in an enthralling personal tale of struggle, success and longing.' Neos Kosmos

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About the Author

Katherine Barnes is the author of The Higher Self, about Australian poet Christopher Brennan, which won the Walter McRae Russell award in 2007 and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's prize for literary scholarship in 2008. She holds a PhD in Australian literature from the Australian National University and formerly lectured at the Australian Defence Force Academy, where she taught creative writing and English literature, including the literature of war. She lives in Canberra.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0732298792
• ISBN 13: 9780732298791
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 432