Hamilton, Nigel, - THE FULL MONTY - Volume 1 : Montgomery of Alamein 1887-1942.

Penguin, London, 2002, trade paperback, xxvii, [xiii], 902pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 14 maps on 13 pages, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, NOT a reissue of the author's previous 'Monty - The Making of a General 1887-1942' but a new examination of the life and career of Field Marshal Montgomery's including WW1, with the BEF in 1939/40 and in North Africa including Alamein, with a new interpretation of his ability to inspire soldiers and of his success as a commander in the light of the new evidence of his repressed homosexuality, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, near fine,