The shooting star : Denis Rake, MC : a clandestine hero of the Second World War
Elliott, Geoffrey, 1939-2009
Books, Manuscripts
Denis Rake, born in 1901, was the son of the Times correspondent in Brussels and a Belgian soprano. He spent his youth in a circus - and in Occupied Belgium in the First World War. Rake himself spent some years as the gay lover of various exotic European mentors. This is his story.
Main title:
The shooting star : Denis Rake, MC : a clandestine hero of the Second World War / Geoffrey Elliott.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Methuen, 2009.
Collation:
xi, 251 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780413776846 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.082092941.082092RAKA941.082
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
103893