Wales' unknown hero : soldier, spy, monk : the life of Henry Coombe-Tenant, MC, of Neath
Lewis, Bernard, 1952-2021
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A biography of Henry Coombe-Tennant (1913-89), whose family lived at Cadoxton Lodge near Neath and created Port Tennant at Swansea. Henry's mother, Winifred Coombe-Tennant, was a well-known suffragette, political campaigner and psychic medium, and he was the result of her extra-marital affair with the brother of the Prime Minister. According to Winifred, her spirit-world contacts claimed that Henry was to become the 'New Messiah', bringing peace to a troubled world. After Eton, Cambridge and China (having taught himself Mandarin), Henry went into the Welsh Guards, before being captured during WWII, escaping from his POW camp and making it back to Britain. He then joined Special Forces, parachuting into occupied France to assist the Resistance. Post-war, he served with NATO and then MI6, becoming 'our man in Baghdad' after a bloody revolution in Iraq. Converting to Catholicism in the early 1960s, he ended his days as a Benedictine monk at Downside Abbey near Bath. An astonishing life and a fascinating read - the untold story of a real Welsh hero.
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Author:
Lewis, Bernard, 1952-, author
Imprint:
Talybont : Y Lolfa Cyf., 2021.©2021
Collation:
260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781912631339 (pbk)9781912631339 (pbk)9781912631339
Dewey class:
942.9082092942.908
Language:
English
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BRN:
544734
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 942.908 COO | Available |