Boarding Party: Filmed as "The Sea Wolves"

Mountbatten of Burma

ISBN 10: 1908291028 / ISBN 13: 9781908291028

Published by James Leasor Limited, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Boarding Party: Filmed as "The Sea Wolves"
• Publisher: James Leasor Limited
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908291028
• ISBN 13: 9781908291028
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 152 grams

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Synopsis

New York Times 'Mr. Leasor’s book is truth far more engrossing than fiction… A gem of World War II history.'

Daily Mirror 'One of the most decisive actions in World War II was fought by fourteen out-of-conditions middle-aged men sailing in a steam barge...'

Filmed as The Sea Wolves, this is the story of the undercover exploit of a territorial unit. The Germans had a secret transmitter on one of their ships in the neutral harbour of Goa. Its purpose was to guide the U-boats against Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean. There seemed no way for the British to infringe Goa’s Portuguese neutrality by force. But the transmitter had to be silenced. SOE was tasked with dealing with the problem, but how? Then it was remembered that 1,400 miles away in Calcutta was a source of possible help. A group of civilian bankers, merchants and solicitors were the remains of an old territorial unit called The Calcutta Light Horse.

With a foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

About the Author

James Leasor was educated at The City of London School and Oriel College, Oxford. In World War II he was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and posted to the 1st Lincolns in Burma and India, where he served for three and a half years. His experiences there stimulated his interest in India both past and present and inspired him to write such books as Boarding Party (filmed as The Sea Wolves). He later became a feature writer and foreign correspondent at the Daily Express. There he wrote The One that Got Away, the story of the sole German POW to escape from Allied hands. As well as non-fiction, Leasor has written novels, including the Dr Jason Love series, which have been published in 19 countries. Passport to Oblivion was filmed as Where the Spies Are with David Niven.