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Sebastian O’Kelly Amedeo (Paperback)
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- Condition
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- Book Title
- Amedeo: the True Story of an Italian's War in Abyssinia
- Publication Name
- Amedeo
- Title
- Amedeo
- Subtitle
- The True Story of an Italian’s War in Abyssinia
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780006552475
- ISBN
- 9780006552475
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Movements / Behaviorism, Historical, Africa / East
- Release Year
- 2003
- Release Date
- 01/05/2003
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 11.7 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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War-time love story set in Abyssinia, Eritrea and the Yemen 1935-1945. Amedeo Guillet is still alive and living in County Meath, Ireland. Khadija is lost. This is the story of Amedeo Guillet - an Italian calvary officer who was sent out to Abyssinia as part of Mussolini's army to establish and command a troupe of 2,000 Spahis - or Arabic calvary. He met and fell in love with Khadija - a beautiful Ethiopian Muslim. Together they held up the British lorries heaving up the mountain road to Asmara and blew up the important Ponte Aosta. Eventually captured, Amedeo went on the run disguised as an Arab, eventually making it to Yemen, only to be thrown in jail. This is a rare view of the Second World War from an Italian perpective; particularly valuable are the chapters that tell the story of Italian resistance to the Nazis, and their subsequent withdrawal from Italy in 1943. There are few stories more cinemagraphic than this - Fascist Italy, his early years in Ethiopia commanding the Cossack-like Spahis, the brutal Abyssinian war waged by the Duce, Italian and British colonial rivalry; Amedeo led the last ever cavalry charge the British army faced (Eritrea 1941 - they were massacred by tanks and sub-machine guns), defeat and guerrilla warfare against the British; then flight, disguised as an Arab, imprisonment in the Yemen and a great love lost as he leaves his beloved Khadija behind to face her future alone and returns to Italy, to his fianc'e and a career as a distinguished Italian diplomat and Arabist. Amedeo is still alive and living in County Meath, Ireland. Sebastian O'Kelly is a journalist for the Mail and Telegraph and has Amedeo's full co-operation in writing this book. This is a very valuable and absolutely stunning story, beautifully told by O'Kelly.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0006552471
ISBN-13
9780006552475
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30419953
Product Key Features
Book Title
Amedeo: the True Story of an Italian's War in Abyssinia
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Movements / Behaviorism, Historical, Africa / East
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dt387.92
Reviews
'Sebastian O'Kelly has found a story so extraordinary and moving that it seems inevitable it will end up as a film. Think The English Patient crossed with Captain Corelli's Mandolin and you will get some idea of the epic sweep, rich detail and sheer romance of Amedeo.' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday 'Amedeo Guillet was a young aristocratic cavalry officer who would not give up. In 1941 he led what was to be the last cavalry charge of the war against a battalion of British tanks. When the Italians surrendered, he did not. With a motley band of Eritrean and Arab irregulars, including his gun-slinging Ethiopian paramour, Amedeo fought on The politics and passions of the time, the pity and pathos of war, the love and the loss all rise from the pages.' Ross Leckie, The Times 'Amedeo Guillet is a legendary figure, a model of almost mythical status His has been a long, adventurous life, filled with heroic deeds and guided by a sense of personal honour and patriotic service This book has confirmed the details of an extraordinary life and justified the honoured place Amedeo has always occupied in my imagination.' Giovanni Agnelli A riveting biography of an old-style cavalry officer who became one of Italy "s most decorated officers. Horses, sabres, women and sheer courage against the backcloth of the hard-fought battle for Abyssinia, an episode of the Second World War which contradicts many assumptions about Italian military performance. " Richard Holmes This thrilling story recalls bygone tales of personal gallantry and chivalry between foes, and of a chevalier sans peur et sans reproche. " Lady Mary Soames This is a story that has it all: war and extraordinary courage, excitement and danger in exotic locations in a historical context now almost forgotten, an intense and magical love affair and the pain of separation.' Martin Booth, Sunday Times 'This book lays to rest the Italian reputation for military incompetence and lack of valour. Instead, we can only marvel at the bravery of Amedeo Sebastian O'Kelly is to be congratulated on unearthing a remarkable story in a field where one would scarcely have believed there to be any more to add.' Simon Nixon, Literary Review, 'Sebastian O'Kelly has found a story so extraordinary and moving that it seems inevitable it will end up as a film. Think The English Patient crossed with Captain Corelli's Mandolin and you will get some idea of the epic sweep, rich detail and sheer romance of Amedeo.' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday 'Amedeo Guillet was a young aristocratic cavalry officer who would not give up. In 1941 he led what was to be the last cavalry charge of the war against a battalion of British tanks. When the Italians surrendered, he did not. With a motley band of Eritrean and Arab irregulars, including his gun-slinging Ethiopian paramour, Amedeo fought on... The politics and passions of the time, the pity and pathos of war, the love and the loss all rise from the pages.' Ross Leckie, The Times
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
963/.057/092
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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