The Starr Affair

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. "Tells the story John Renshaw Starr, an officer of the SOE sent to establish the Acrobat Network in north-eastern France during the Second World War. He was subsequently captured, tortured and imprisoned in Fresnes prison, at 84 Avenue Foch and in Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen concentration camps. Based upon Starr's own account of his activities, captivity and survival and the subsequent investigations concerning his suspected collaboration with the enemy." - Wikipedia. "The War Office, in consultation with the Foreign Office, have held that no security objection can be taken to the publication of this book. They add that the departments concerned in no way vouch for its accuracy or otherwise." - dust jacket. 222 pages. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of Captain Starr. Chronology. Index of names and brief 'Who's Who'. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Enser p.397.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; John Renshaw Starr, Starr Affair, SOE, War Office, Foreign Office, World War 1939-1945, Acrobat Network, Special Operations France, Traitors, .