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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. Operation Mincemeat is one of the stranger tales to come out of the Second World War. A corpse dressed as a British pilot was dropped in the ocean near Spain, with the forged documents he carried landing in the hands of the Germans to convince them to move their troops to the advantage of the allied forces.It is an event perhaps most popularly told in Ben Macintyre's 2010 book Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II, but it has recently been retold in a 2021 film and is currently the plot of an Olivier-winning West End musical. Operation Mincemeat has never been more familiar to the public.To sell the ruse of the corpse, MI5 had to create a credible backstory for their fictitious pilot. They filled his briefcase with receipts, cigarettes, a photograph, and, importantly, two fabricated love letters.An interview with MI5 secretary Jean Leslie, conducted by Macintyre for his book, revealed the name of the woman behind those letters to be a 'Hester Leggett'. This has been repeated ever since, including in both the film and the musical.Hester Leggett does not exist.The false identity was discovered by a group of fans of the musical. While we know much about the other key figures portrayed in the musical, Hester was always more of a mystery and once the group started to research her, they discovered she was actually Hester Leggatt.This misplaced vowel made all the difference and we uncovered a huge amount about the real Hester. This book tells the story of how the musical fanbase found her school records, her family, her real love letters from the Second World War, and definitive confirmation from MI5 that they had the right person.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Operation Mincemeat is one of the stranger tales to come out of the Second World War. A corpse dressed as a British pilot was dropped in the ocean near Spain, with the forged documents he carried landing in the hands of the Germans to convince them to move their troops to the advantage of the allied forces.It is an event perhaps most popularly told in Ben Macintyre's 2010 book Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II, but it has recently been retold in a 2021 film and is currently the plot of an Olivier-winning West End musical. Operation Mincemeat has never been more familiar to the public.To sell the ruse of the corpse, MI5 had to create a credible backstory for their fictitious pilot. They filled his briefcase with receipts, cigarettes, a photograph, and, importantly, two fabricated love letters.An interview with MI5 secretary Jean Leslie, conducted by Macintyre for his book, revealed the name of the woman behind those letters to be a 'Hester Leggett'. This has been repeated ever since, including in both the film and the musical.Hester Leggett does not exist.The false identity was discovered by a group of fans of the musical. While we know much about the other key figures portrayed in the musical, Hester was always more of a mystery and once the group started to research her, they discovered she was actually Hester Leggatt.This misplaced vowel made all the difference and we uncovered a huge amount about the real Hester. This book tells the story of how the musical fanbase found her school records, her family, her real love letters from the Second World War, and definitive confirmation from MI5 that they had the right person.
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Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster. New York & London. 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0743291743 ISBN 13: 9780743291743
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Condition: new. Wolff, Glen (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2009). (2008) reprint of 2009 paperback edition. 8vo paperback (140 x 213mm). Ppx,211. B/w illustrations by Glen Wolff. Small remainder-mark on bottom edge o/w a fine new copy. This is a nice recent collection of pieces by John Gierach, eagerly awaited at the time and well received. Lots of fishing as the author seeks out new waters and tries trout fishing in the winter. Also includes a sprinkling of deer and elk shooting for philosophical roughage. Bull trout, steelhead, pike and musky, in Gierach's home territory as well as British Columbia, Labrador, Nebraska, Oregon and elsewhere. PREVIOUS PRICE £9.95.
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 7.80x5.08x1.97 inches. In Stock.
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Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/10/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1015310206 ISBN 13: 9781015310209
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Questions and Answers on the Essentials of Medical Chemistry. Book.
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Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
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Language: English
Published by South End Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989
ISBN 10: 0896082830 ISBN 13: 9780896082830
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Softcover. xii, 450 pp. Softcover. LCC: 896206 Very good condition; on covers: touches of wear on edges, some surface abrasion on edge of front at spine, and previous owner's name on front.
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Published by LRB, 2004
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. John Lanchester "What is Murdoch after?" / Amartya Sen "Sustainability" / Colm Toibin "Up, up, up, lift the face" / Terry Eagleton "Lawrence Sanitised" / Sophie Harrison in the Dissection Room / Mary Hawthorne "The Luck of Walker Evans" / Clive James "The Zero Pilot" (poem) / Wyatt Mason "Old School by Tobias Wolff".
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