James Leasor (1923–2007)
Author of Green Beach
About the Author
James Leasor was educated at The City of London School and Oriel College, Oxford. In World War II he 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
Disambiguation Notice:
Also wrote as Andrew MacAllan
Series
Works by James Leasor
Far from Home 1 copy
Ontsnapt! 1 copy
Dr. Love Hemmelig agent 1 copy
the strong delusion 1 copy
Not Such a Bad Day 1 copy
Oskuld under huven 1 copy
Visum till evigheten 1 copy
Passi unohdukseen 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Leasor, James
- Other names
- MacAllan, Andrew
Halstock, Max - Birthdate
- 1923-12-10
- Date of death
- 2007-09-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Erith, Kent, England, UK
- Place of death
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- Education
- City of London School
University of Oxford (Oriel College) - Disambiguation notice
- Also wrote as Andrew MacAllan
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Reviews
Frozen Assets by James Leasor
Serviceable British thriller published in the '80s. The author seems to look just like Inspector Morse, down to the classic car. I gave it up as too shallow and sentimental and of its time, but would concede that it is yet fairly clever. The title is a pun, and there is a semi-plausible historical background. Seems like it was the very last in the series.
I have read and enjoyed 2 biographies about Barnato. I tried and failed to read 3 different biographies about Rhodes. I enjoyed this book, but feel like I was only able to do so because Barnato was half of it.
The inside story of the Dieppe Raid in August 1942, which taught the allies many invaluable lessons for the D-Day invasion in 1944. It is also the exceptional story of Jack Nissenthal, a young jewish radar expert who was tasked with finding intelligence about the state of German radar developments, in particular their Freya radar station at Plourville, near Dieppe. Jack was protected by a cadre of the South Saskatchewan Regiment (SSR) who had orders he couldn't be allowed to be captured alive by the Germans because of his deep knowledge of British radar. Against all odds, Jack survived whilst many of the SSR perished and after the war set up up a successful electronics business, firstly in South Africa and in his later years in Canada, where I was privileged to meet him. This edition is an Amazon paperback reprint and as such has a few typos which don't detract from the powerful story.… (more)
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