{"product_id":"churchills-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare-the-mavericks-who-plotted-hitlers-defeat-9781250119032","title":"Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix Gentlemen, One Goal: the Destruction of Hitler's War Machine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine, through spectacular acts of sabotage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men---along with three others---formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course of the Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiles Milton's\u003ci\u003e Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiles Milton\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history, including \u003ci\u003eSoldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day\u003c\/i\u003e. His book, \u003ci\u003eChurchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e, is the basis for a major TV series. Milton's other works\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003epublished in twenty-five languages\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003einclude \u003ci\u003eNathaniel's Nutmeg\u003c\/i\u003e, serialized by the BBC. He lives in London and Burgundy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603866980626,"sku":"9781250119032","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7ca1e84-9573-4c2b-a94d-5213047f83f8.jpg?v=1732251327","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/churchills-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare-the-mavericks-who-plotted-hitlers-defeat-9781250119032","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}