In Pursuit of Life

by Erik Hazelhoff, Len Deighton

This compelling autobiography offers a dramatic description of one man's truly extraordinary life. It radiates outwards from the Second World War in which Dutchman Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema served as a secret agent with the Special Operations Executive, a bomber pilot with the RAF's elite Pathfinder Force, and after receiving the Dutch equivalent of the Victoria Cross, as aide and confidante to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. His adventures after the war were no less turbulent and spanned the globe - from sales clerk and actor in Hollywood to blockade runner off New Guinea; vice-president of NBC to bum in New York's Central Park; Director of Radio Free Europe for the CIA to oil prospector in Israel - and above all, a writer.

Genres: Nonfiction

384 pages, Hardcover

First published December 22, 2003

Reviews

[Ed Wijninga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic, comprehensive, lots of humour and lots of exitement. Highly recommended!

[Dan Clarke · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fascinating and frequently humorous autobiography by a man who lived a very full life.