{"product_id":"mountbatten-hero-of-our-time-17258","title":"MOUNTBATTEN: HERO OF OUR TIME","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Richard Hough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pan Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1981\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePagination:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290pp illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pages browning. Good in card covers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eventful life of Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Mountbatten of Burma. In the second world war he was head of Combined Operations in 1941 personally overseeing the Dieppe raid, ending the war as South East Asia Command  receiving the Japanese surrender in Singapore. He was appointed Viceroy of India by Clement Attlee overseeing the granting of independence to the Partitioned India as India and Pakistan. Returning the Britain he joined the Admiralty later becoming the Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, a position he held until his murder by the IRA in 1979.","brand":"Pan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67670283583787,"sku":"17258","price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/militaryhistorybooks.com\/products\/mountbatten-hero-of-our-time-17258","provider":"Military History Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}