Henriques, Robert David Quixano
- Henriques, Robert David Quixano
(1905–67)
British soldier and author. A kinsman of Sir Basil Henriques, Robert joined the regular army and had a distinguished war record as a Commando officer, then as a colonel on Montgomery’s planning staff. His prize-winning novels included No Arms, No Armour (1939) and Through the Valley (1950), and he wrote an account of the Israel 1956 Sinai campaign, 100 Hours to Suez (1957).
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Robert David Quixano Henriques — est un auteur britannique (11 décembre 1905 22 janvier 1967) principalement connu pour son roman autobiographique, No Arms, No Armour (1939) et pour Through the Valley qui remporta le prix Jack Tait Black Memorial en 1950. Portail de la… … Wikipédia en Français
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