Book description
Group Captain Leonard Cheshire flew 101 operations in World War II. The first, in 1940, took place six days after Dunkirk. After the 100th he was awarded the Victoria Cross. His 101st - and last - mission was to Nagasaki, where he witnesssed the dropping of the atomic bomb. In…
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Although published in 2000, I only discovered Cheshire this past year when I wanted to find out more about Leonard Cheshire VC.
As the author of a biography myself, I was struck by how well-constructed and sensitively—but not uncritically—Morris handled his subject. Cheshire was a towering figure in his lifetime, the most highly decorated pilot in the RAF, who went on to work with Mother Theresa, to inspire a complete change of culture and legislation with respect to the disabled in the UK, and the founder of a charity that is still highly respected today.
Yet what makes this book…
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