Agent Extraordinary The Story of Michael Hollard by George Martelli Hardcover Book

Title: Agent Extraordinary The Story of Michael Hollard by George Martelli Hardcover Book.
Author: George Martelli.
Foreword By: Sir Brian Horrocks.
Type: Espionage Non-Fiction.
Edition: First Edition 1960.
Publisher: Collins, London.
Year First Published: 1960.
Format: Hardcover Book, no dust jacket, with photographs and illustrations.
Printed By: Collins Clear Type Press.
Page Count: 286 pages.
Width: 14.5cm
Height: 21.5cm
Thickness: 3.0cm
Info: The man who saved London; The story of Michel Hollard, D.S.O., Croix de Guerre.
Michel Hollard refused to co-operate with the Germans after France was occupied and became an Agent for the British. In due course Hollard provided the British with invaluable information about the V1 rocket and launching sites which enabled Bomber Command to deliver devastating counter attacks which severely curtailed the number of rockets launched. Hollard was credited as having saved London. 
With 11 black and white photographs and 3 maps. 
Michel Hollard (10 July 1898 16 July 1993) was a French engineer and member of the French Resistance who founded the espionage group Réseau AGIR during the Second World War.
His contribution was recognised by the British by the award of the Distinguished Service Order for having "reconnoitered a number of heavily guarded V-1 sites and reported on them". Hollard's efforts included 49 trips smuggling reports to a British attaché in Switzerland by foot across the border in all weather.
Condition: Fair, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. With foxing and tanning and discolouration of pages. Previous owners inscription on front papers. Cover boards and spine have faded.
Price: R 80.00 Inc Vat.