Author: Duff Cooper
Title: Operation Heartbreak
Description: London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this war novel by Duff Cooper, originally supressed from publication due to its ties to the real 'Operation Mincemeat&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. 'Operation Heartbreak' is the only novel by Duff Cooper, a diplomat and military and political historian.Inspired by a real-life triumph of British counterintelligence (codenamed "Operation Mincemeat") the story follows unlucky hero, William Maryngton, a determined career soldier that never gets to go to war, but in an ironic twist of fate, does end up playing an important part in the war effort.The Cabinet Office tried in vain, on security grounds, to block publication of this work due to its inspirations based on classified sources that Cooper was privy to as a member of Churchill's war cabinet.  In the original cloth binding. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minimal shelf wear. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning to the spine and slight edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Neat contemporary pencil inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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