The Life In The Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment : The Making Of A Legionnaire

Bill Paris

ISBN 10: 0297846167 / ISBN 13: 9780297846161

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2004

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Book condition is near fine. Hard cover. 1st edition. Dust jacket near fine and clean all sides. Book boards clean front and back, except for minor scratch on front middle book board. Book block clean all sides. Sun stained colour and minor dot mark top middle front side. Text body clean. Overall an excellent and neat copy of the book. Extra charges for oversea shipping as the book weight is over 500grams. See photos for synopsis and more information on the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life In The Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment : The Making Of A Legionnaire
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297846167
• ISBN 13: 9780297846161
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Penniless, divorced and AWOL from the British forces, Bill Parris volunteered for the French Foreign Legion in the early 1980s. Unlike many British volunteers to the Legion, Bill did not desert. He endured a horrendous training regime and, despite a fear of heights (!) joined the elite Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment. He discovered how women from all over the world flock to Corsica where the Legion is based - so his R&R was almost as exhausting as the jungle warfare school he was later sent to