{"product_id":"the-compass-of-naivety-clive-chabrier-9781490319971","title":"The Compass of Naivety","description":"In the spring of 1959 Clive Chabrier set off to go jiving at the Aldershot Palais. A spur of the moment decision changed his direction that fateful evening and within 36 hours he was unwittingly imprisoned in the menacing confines of a Foreign Legion base. Weeks later, with the silent but real threat of unknown consequences if he refused, Clive ceased to be a prisoner and reluctantly became a legion recruit. What followed was a long, harsh and brutal training under NCOs of the now disbanded 1er REP where he earned his wings as a Legion paratrooper in war-torn Algeria. Determined to escape, Clive took many perilous steps towards freedom, including a fascinating and nail-biting voyage across the world as a stowaway on a ship whose English captain was obsessed with handing him back to the French. At an opportune moment Clive fled the ship in Australia where his adventures as a fugitive in the wild North West give a wonderful flavour of an era and concludes his five year survival journey - all of which makes this book an immediately compelling, fast page-turner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clive Chabrier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1490319972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781490319971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.70d","brand":"Clive Chabrier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45180233384191,"sku":"9781490319971","price":15.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d514b23-eccc-46bf-8f76-d46856479b7b.jpg?v=1712897740","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-compass-of-naivety-clive-chabrier-9781490319971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}