The Speedicut Memoirs: Book 2 (1918-1923): Fallen Eagles

Book 2 of The Speedicut Memoirs picks up Charles Speedicuts story from the point in 1918 at which he is about to leave for the Crimea to rescue the Dowager Empress of Russia a mission which he foresees will be the most dangerous of his life to date. But Fate intervenes and sends him back to the Middle East where he has a hand in the end of the war in Syria followed by a series of adventures rescuing members of deposed European royal families that ends with perfect symmetry in the Valley of the Kings ... Speedicut Lawrence and the Turks: the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable. Field Marshal Viscount Allenby I am deeply indebted to Charles Speedicut for giving me the idea for Ninotchka. Ernst Lubitsch I should have killed Speedicut when I had the chance. Marguerite Princess Ali Fahmy