{"product_id":"the-last-enemy-9781405937504","title":"The Last Enemy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1918, the RAF was established as the world''s first independent air force.  To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing the Centenary Collection, a series of six classic books highlighting the skill, heroism and \u003ci\u003eesprit de cor\u003c\/i\u003eps that have characterised the Royal Air Force throughout its first century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e is Richard Hillary''s extraordinary account of his experience as a Spitfire pilot in the Second World War.  Hillary was shot down during the Battle of Britain, leading to months in hospital as part of Archibald McIndoe''s ''Guinea Pig Club'', undergoing pioneering plastic surgery to rebuild his face and hands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1942, just seven months before Hilary''s untimely death in a second crash and has gone on to be hailed as one of the classic texts of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Centenary Collection:\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Enemy \u003c\/i\u003eby Richard Hillary\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eTumult in the Clou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the classic books of World War Two * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Enemy \u003c\/i\u003erapidly acquired the aura of a book that says something vital, whose importance goes beyond what it literally describes -- Sebastian Faulks\u003cbr\u003eRivetingly well told...It will speak to anyone who cares for the romance and tragedy of a lost hero. -- Godfrey Smith * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eElegantly affecting memoir -- David Horspool * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis slim volume of Hilary's seems to have a weight which makes it sink into the depths of one's memory * Arthur Koestler *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738978038103,"sku":"9781405937504","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405937504.jpg?v=1720050763","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-enemy-9781405937504","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}