Mountbatten: A Biography.
Ziegler, Philip.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf,
Date Published: 1985.
Description: STATED FOURTH PRINTING. 784 pages including Index with 40 pages of black and white photographs. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD slightly cocked spine and minor smudging on the lower page edges. The jacket is in NEAR FINE condition with minor crimping on edges. The book comes with a new Brodart archival jacket cover. JM VINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious people. Dust Jacket Reads: He was born, in 1900, His Serene HIghness Prince Louis of Battenberg, great-Grandson of Queen Victoria, nephew of the Tsar and Tsarina of Russia, cousin of the King of England. He became Lord Louis Mountbatten, the young idol of the British Navy and eventually one of the three Supreme Allied comanders of World War II {the others were Eisenhower and Mac Arthur}, with a quarter of a million Americans under his direct command; the last Viceroy of India, who orchestrated in circumstances of horrifying difficulty India's independence from Britain and was invited to remain as its first, and adored, Governor=General; the architect of the total re-organization of Britain's armed power in the post-war world, and her First Sea Lord. Assassinated at the age of seventy-nine by the I.R.A.,he was a twentieth-century hero-the last warrior prince. It is a life that almost defied description. Mountbatten wielded power over millions of people across the globe. Yet this unwavering champion of nationalist freedom and democracy was also extremely royal: best friend of his cousin the Duke of Windsor; uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh and architect of his marriage to Elizabth; beloved 'honorary grandfather' of Prince Charles..
Binding: Hard CoverCondition: Very Good in Near Fine dj
ISBN: 039452098X
Book Id: 1301
Price: $12.50
