STALIN'S SILVER

by BEASANT, John

First Edition

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Book Description

London: Bloomsbury, 1995. Book in very good condition, pages just very lightly tanned along edges, otherwise pages are clean and bright. A very good tight copy. Dustjacket in very good condition, front cover has some light indentations by spine near front top edge. 216pp, including Appendix One: The Significance of U859's Secret Cargo - Appendix Two: The Key Documents, and Index. With 29 colour and 4 black-and-white photographs and one cartoon. From d/j flap - " On the 28 August 1944 three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian Sea. The holds of the ship contained three million silver Saudi riyals worth 80 million dollars and over 30 million dollars in silver bullion. The 7200-ton ship broke into two pieces and sank to a depth of one and a half miles. A team led by Jean Roux recovered the treasure. It is a story of politics and intrigue between governments during World War II. The story of the John Barry is recreated with the help of living survivors, including one of the German U-boat officers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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