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The Illusionist
- The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
Clarke thought of himself as developing a new kind of weapon. Its components? Rumour, stagecraft, a sense of fun. Its target? The mind of Erwin Rommel, Hitler's greatest general. Throughout history, military commanders have sought to mislead their opponents. Dudley Clarke set out to do it on a scale no one had imagined before. Even afterwards, almost no one understood the magnitude of his achievement.
Drawing on recently released documents and hugely expanding on the louche portrait of Clarke as seen in SAS: Rogue Heroes, journalist and historian Robert Hutton reveals the amazing story of Clarke's A Force, the invention of the SAS and the Commandos, and the masterful hoodwinking of the Desert Fox at the battle of El Alamein. The Illusionist tells for the first time the dazzling tale of how, at a pivotal moment in the war, British eccentricity and imagination combined to thwart the Nazis and save innumerable lives - on both sides.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-04-24
Great story well told
This is a story that touches on many familiar stories of WW2. It brings insight to these and stands as its own story well told. Performance let down by poor editing
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- John Moran
- 28-04-24
He had a bad week
Great story going into some of .the more obscure bits of World War Two. Wonderfully written, and Al Murray is superb as the narrator.
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