{"product_id":"flight-from-dakar-by-eiliv-hauge-and-vera-hartmann-1954-1st-edition","title":"FLIGHT FROM DAKAR by Eiliv Hauge and Vera Hartmann 1954 1st edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eFLIGHT FROM DAKAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Eiliv Hauge\u003cbr\u003e\nand Vera Hartmann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: George Allen \u0026amp; Unwin 1954, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 150 w x 220 h x 25 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 200\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2305\/0365\/K576\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1939 the Lidvard was a new ship of 9300 tons and one of the finest in the Norwegian merchant fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe invasion of Norway found her at Saigon, but her master and crew decided at once to side with the Government in exile and to take orders from London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut the fall of France found her, by sheer bad luck, in the port of Dakar, where she was promptly interned, with other Allied vessels, by the Vichy authorities. The men and their captain made slow and secret preparations for escape. With great ingenuity and skillful improvisation in the engine room they were able to deceive the harbour police.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was more than 12 months before she got away, but it was not long before the vessel was sailing again in the Allied cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images and the odd map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nTidy, images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce locally\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452064547108,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2197357063.jpg?v=1784058525","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/flight-from-dakar-by-eiliv-hauge-and-vera-hartmann-1954-1st-edition","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}