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An Englishman Abroad

SOE agent Dick Mallaby’s Italian missions, 1943 - 1945


  • Osprey (Bloomsbury)
  • by Gianluca Barneschi
Based on 20 years of research, Gianluca Barneschi has uncovered the true story of a real-life James Bond. The debonair Special Operations Executive agent Richard 'Dick' Mallaby was the first Briton to be sent to Italy as an SOE operative, parachuted unceremoniously into Lake Como in August 1943. Arrested and initially tortured by the Italian authorities, he managed to sweet-talk his way out of trouble, and helped Marshal Pietro Badoglio and King Victor Emmanuel III escape to the Allied lines.

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Publisher Osprey (Bloomsbury) (VAST)
ISBN 9781472835444
Author(s) Gianluca Barneschi
Publication date May 2019
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 225 x 145 mm
Pages 336
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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Based on 20 years of research, Gianluca Barneschi has uncovered the true story of a real-life James Bond. The debonair Special Operations Executive agent Richard 'Dick' Mallaby was the first Briton to be sent to Italy as an SOE operative, parachuted unceremoniously into Lake Como in August 1943. Arrested and initially tortured by the Italian authorities, he managed to sweet-talk his way out of trouble, and helped Marshal Pietro Badoglio and King Victor Emmanuel III escape to the Allied lines. He also helped negotiate the armistice with Italy, for which he was awarded the Military Cross.