The One That Got Away

• Author(s): Kendal Burt, James Leasor,
• Publisher: Pen and Sword
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 1473816939
  ISBN_13: 9781473816930
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , Biography & Autobiography / Military , History / Military / Aviation & Space ,

Description:... In World War II James Leasor was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and posted to the 1st Lincolns in Burma and India, where he served for three and a half years. His experiences inspired him to write such books as Boarding Party (filmed as The Sea Wolves). He later became a feature writer and foreign correspondent at the Daily Express. Here he wrote The One that Got Away. As well as non-fiction, Leasor has written novels, including Passport to Oblivion, filmed as Where the Spies Are with David Niven