{"product_id":"9780008309084","title":"The Man Who Was Saturday : The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Bishop, Patrick, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/02\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: William Collins,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: historical political \u0026amp; military, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEspionage \u0026amp; secret services, Second World War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008309084\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN - Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForty years after his death, Patrick Bishop's lively, action-packed biography examines the life, heroic war and death of one of Britain's most remarkable 20th century figures. Airey Neave was one of the most extraordinary figures of his generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaken prisoner during WW2, he was the first British officer to escape from Colditz and using the code name 'Saturday' became a key figure in the IS9 escape and evasion organisation which spirited hundreds of Allied airmen and soldiers out of Occupied Europe. A lawyer by training, he served the indictments on the Nazi leaders at the Nuremburg war trials. An ardent Cold War warrior, he was mixed up in several of the great spy scandals of the period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost people might consider these achievements enough for a single career, but he went on to become the man who made Margaret Thatcher, mounting a brilliantly manipulative campaign in the 1975 Tory leadership to bring her to power. And yet his death is as fascinating as his remarkable life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Friday, 30 March 1979, a bomb planted beneath his car exploded while he was driving up the ramp of the House of Commons underground car park, killing him instantly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe murder was claimed by the breakaway Irish Republican group, the INLA. His killers have never been identified. Patrick Bishop's new book, published to mark the 40th anniversary of his death, is a lively and concise biography of this remarkable man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt answers the question of who killed him and why their identities have been hidden for so long and is written with the support of the Neave family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022838825113,"sku":"9780008309084","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780008309084.jpg?v=1602536430","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780008309084","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}