{"product_id":"lady-death-the-memoirs-of-stalins-sniper","title":"Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eFirst-person account written by one World War II's top ten snipers \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 252 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 05 February 2018\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Greenhill Books\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.  In 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.  Less 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 She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured: she was also regarded as a key heroic figure for the war effort.  She 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.  She 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 Novodevichye Cemetery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 614g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 239 x 173 x 27 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781784382704                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lyudmila Pavlichenko","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44101051154682,"sku":"9781784382704","price":14.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/16c967a0c1253cd2ed0066bbb432b446.jpg?v=1629514774","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/lady-death-the-memoirs-of-stalins-sniper","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}