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Richard Hillary
Richard Hillary is the author behind Heroic War Stories, a collection that brings to life tales of courage and resilience. He has a knack for telling gripping accounts of conflict and the people who lived through it.
The last enemy
Synopsis
Richard Hillary, a privileged young man from 1930s Oxbridge, became an RAF Spitfire pilot during World War II. Shot down in the Battle of Britain, he endured severe burns and underwent pioneering plastic surgery to reconstruct his face and hands. This memoir chronicles Hillary's extraordinary journey of recovery and his reflections on life, published shortly before his death in a second plane crash.