Mountbatten: The Official Biography

About this book

The official life of the soldier and statesman killed by the IRA in 1979 paints a rounded sympathetic and yet undeceived portrait of Mountbattens character. From his christening (attended by Queen Victoria) to his days as Supreme Commander in Southeast Asia during World War II to India where he oversaw the move to independence to the Suez crisis we meet a figure who was profoundly human. "Lucid stylish perfectly organized and immaculately presented it has all Mountbattens best qualities."--John Keegan Sunday Times. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4. 80 B&W Illustrations