A Survivor's Tale
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Köp båda 2 för 402 krA gripping life-story: an incident-packed account of heartache, violence and cunning by a man whose will to survive and unbreakable optimism are a true inspiration * Independent, on Rifleman * Completely fascinating It has an immediate power throughout that makes war fiction a shadow of the real thing * Conn Iggulden on Rifleman * As action-packed as any fiction, and yet this is no novel ... His is truly an astonishing story * James Holland on Rifleman * Evocative, detailed and unsentimental gets us wonderfully close-up to the London of the 1930s viewed through the unblinking eyes of a working-class boy relishing every new experience * David Kynaston on King's Cross Kid * This guy's incredible * Piers Morgan *
Victor Gregg was born in London in 1919 and joined the army in 1937, serving first in the Rifle Brigade in Palestine and North Africa, notably at the Battle of Alamein, and then with the Parachute Regiment, at the Battle of Arnhem. As a prisoner of war he survived the bombing of Dresden to be repatriated in 1946. The story of his adult years, Rifleman, was published by Bloomsbury in 2011, and the prequel, Kings Cross Kid, in 2013. Both were co-written with Rick Stroud. Victor Gregg died in 2021, aged 102. Rick Stroud is a writer and film director. As well as working with Victor Gregg on Rifleman and Kings Cross he is the author of The Book of the Moon, The Phantom Army of Alamein and, most recently, Kidnap in Crete. He lives in London.