num_pages: 392
description: The official life of the soldier and statesman killed by the IRA in 1979 paints a rounded, sympathetic, and yet undeceived portrait of Mountbatten's character. From his christening (attended by Queen Victoria) to his days as Supreme Commander in Southeast Asia during World War II, to India where he oversaw the move to independence to the Suez crisis, we meet a figure who was profoundly human. "Lucid, stylish, perfectly organized and immaculately presented, it has all Mountbatten's best qualities."--John Keegan, Sunday Times. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4. 80 B&amp;W Illustrations
language: English
title: Mountbatten: The Official Biography
titlecomplete: Mountbatten: The Official Biography
characters: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
genres: British Literature, History, World War II, India, European History, Biography Memoir, Biography, 20th Century, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 132
publisher: Phoenix