Ice-Cold in Alex

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Ice-Cold in Alex
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Christopher Landon
SeriesW&N Military
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 130
ISBN/Barcode 9780304366255
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General
Illustrations 1 Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Cassell Military
Publication Date 4 March 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

They served it ice-cold in Alex - pale amber Rheingold beer in tall, dewy glasses. This is the image that haunts Captain George Anson. Stationed in the North African desert just before the fall of Tobruk, an ice-cold lager seems a million miles away. When Anson is detailed to escort two nursing sisters to Alexandria, it looks as though his wish is finally about to come true - a routine assignment, with a lager at the end of it as his reward. But what starts out as a routine journey soon becomes an epic. Forced to drive further and further south in order to escape the advancing German Army, Anson and his small party are soon on the edge of the Great Sand Sea. As they battle with the physical agonies of a six- hundred-mile drive through the desert it soon becomes apparent that each member of the group has his or her own private struggles to resolve. Not only that, but with a Nazi agent in their midst, it is clear that not all of them are going to make it to Alexandria...

Author Biography

Christopher Landon served with the 1st S.A. Division in North Africa during WWII. After the war he wrote several novels, including A Flag in the City, Stone Cold Dead in the Market, and Hornet's Nest. His most famous novel, however, was Ice Cold in Alex, which was made into an internationally famous movie, starring John Mills.