{"product_id":"lady-death-lyudmila-pavlichenko-9781784382704","title":"Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper","description":"The wartime memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a remarkable document: the publication of an English language edition is a significant coup. Pavlichenko was World War II's best scoring sniper and had a varied wartime career that included trips to England and America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, she left her university studies, ignored the offer of a position as a nurse, to become one of Soviet Russia's 2000 female snipers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLess than a year later she had 309 recorded kills, including 29 enemy sniper kills. She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured. She was also regarded as a key heroic figure for the war effort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe spoke at rallies in Canada and the US and the folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote a song, 'Killed By A Gun' about her exploits. Her US trip included a tour of the White House with FDR. In November 1942 she visited Coventry and accepted donations of  4,516 from Coventry workers to pay for three X-ray units for the Red Army. She also visited a Birmingham factory as part of her fundraising tour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe never returned to combat but trained other snipers. After the war, she finished her education at Kiev University and began a career as a historian. She died on October 10, 1974 at age 58, and was buried in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyudmila Pavlichenko,Martin Pegler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784382701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784382704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenhill Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2018 pg. 10","brand":"Lyudmila Pavlichenko","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217804407039,"sku":"9781784382704","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_757072df-11a5-423e-a989-aecda7b0f109.jpg?v=1771999562","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lady-death-lyudmila-pavlichenko-9781784382704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}