Guests of the Unspeakable – The Odyssey of an Australian Airman (1st UK Edition)

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Title: Guests of the Unspeakable – The Odyssey of an Australian Airman – Being a Record of Captivity and Escape in Turkey

Author: White, T W

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st UK Edition 

Publication Date: 1928

ISBN: N/A

Cover: Hard Cover without Dust Jacket – 320 pages

Comments: The author was a among Australia’s first batch of four airmen in 1914 (a member of the Mesopotamian Half Flight).  

Captured in 1915 by the Arabs then Turks and after several escape attempts and disguises, the author reached Odessa, then under Bolshevik control prior to the Russian revolution.

A classic account of capture and escape during World War 1. Previous owners name on the front emd page, foxing throughout the book.