Synopses & Reviews
This second volume of John Deverill's entertaining memoir covers the years 1953 to the present day. From drinking too much with Krushchev at embassy receptions to swimming across the Volga to give his KGB minders the slip, this lively account perfectly captures the glamor and intrigue of Moscow in the 1950s and Deverill's time in Yemen during the tail end of the British administration in Aden.
Synopsis
A rare glimpse behind the iron curtain.
About the Author
John Deverill was born in 1922 to a British father and Italian mother. Following the outbreak of war, at the age of 18, he joined the RAF. He was stationed in Iceland, the Middle East, Italy and Greece, flying dozens of bomber missions.
After demobilisation Deverill studied Arabic in Lebanon before working for the Red Cross at refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. He went on to become the Commander of the Arab Legion Air Force.
Deverill later went to Russia as the Air Attaché to the British Embassy in Moscow at the height of the Cold War, and then to Aden as a Senior Intelligence Officer.