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Killing Rommel a novel

Written as the memoir of a British lieutenant, and based on real-life events, this historically and psychologically rich thriller perfectly captures the tension as a team of soldiers in Egypt during World War II attempt to assassinate German Field Marshall Rommel, the infamous "Desert Fox."...

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Main Author: Pressfield, Steven.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Rommel, Erwin, > 1891-1944 > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Great Britain > Long Range Desert Group > Fiction.
Electronic books.
Historical fiction
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Summary: Written as the memoir of a British lieutenant, and based on real-life events, this historically and psychologically rich thriller perfectly captures the tension as a team of soldiers in Egypt during World War II attempt to assassinate German Field Marshall Rommel, the infamous "Desert Fox."
Physical Description: 295 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780385519700
0385519702
Author Notes: Author Steven Pressfield was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in September 1943. He graduated from Duke University in 1965 and joined the Marine Corps. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a copy writer, taxi driver, bartender, tractor-trailer driver, fruit picker, and worked on oil rigs. He then moved to California and began writing screenplays. In 2000, his debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was made into a movie starring Matt Damon and Will Smith. He primarily writes military historical fiction set in classical antiquity. Most of his novels are told from the first-person perspective of the main character.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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