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The Last Enemy
  • Published: 15 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781446426883
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192
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The Last Enemy

The Centenary Collection

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15 June 2018
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15 June 2018
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15 July 2010
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Richard Hillary is one of the three `fatal Englishmen' in Sebastian Faulks's bestseller of the same name. The Last Enemy is the book he wrote about his experiences in the Second World War; now regarded as a classic, this edition, which includes an introduction by Sebastian Faulks, is published in Vintage for the first time.

The Last Enemy is the story of Richard Hillary, one of Sebastian Faulks' three 'fatal englishmen'. In this extraordinary account, the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down, leading to months in hospital as part of Archibald McIndoe's 'Guinea Pig Club', undergoing pioneering plastic surgery to rebuild his face and hands.

The Last Enemy 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 Two.
  • Published: 15 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781446426883
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192
Categories:

About the author

Richard Hillary

Richard Hillary was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1919. He was sent to boarding school in England and went to Trinity College, Oxford in 1937. He was still at Oxford when the Second World War broke out and, with other members of the R.A.F Volunteer Reserve, was immediately called to duty. He blew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. He underwent several operations by the great plastic surgeon, Archibald McIndoe. After a slow and very painful recovery, Hilary begged to be allowed to return to flying. He was killed, at the age of 23, when his plane crashed in a night training operation. The Last Enemy is his account of his exeperiences in the Second World War and has become a classic text.
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