The Flames of Calais.

Neave (Airey)

The Flames of Calais.

Description: FIRST EDITION, 14 plates and 9 maps, pp. 224, 8vo, original blue leatherette, a couple of very faint spots to edges, dustjacket with a touch of rubbing at one corner, a slight mustiness but near fine

Publication Details: Hodder and Stoughton, 1972

Notes: Inscribed by the author on the title-page: 'Neville Williams, with many thanks for your help, Airey Neave, June 1973'. The recipient was a fellow-historian, and secretary of the British Academy from the year of this presentation until his death in 1977. Neave himself died in tragic circumstances a couple of years later when, as Northern Ireland secretary in Thatcher's shadow cabinet, a bomb planted under his car outside the House of Commons by the Irish National Liberation Army killed him within hours.Neave had, for over 25 years, served as MP for Abingdon; after Eton College, he went up to M...moreInscribed by the author on the title-page: 'Neville Williams, with many thanks for your help, Airey Neave, June 1973'. The recipient was a fellow-historian, and secretary of the British Academy from the year of this presentation until his death in 1977. Neave himself died in tragic circumstances a couple of years later when, as Northern Ireland secretary in Thatcher's shadow cabinet, a bomb planted under his car outside the House of Commons by the Irish National Liberation Army killed him within hours.Neave had, for over 25 years, served as MP for Abingdon; after Eton College, he went up to Merton College, Oxford; during the Second World War, he fought at the Siege of Calais, where he was wounded and then captured, and the present work is a record of personal experience as well as extensive research. HIDE