The Final Dive: The Life and Death of ‘Buster’ Crabb
Author: Don Hale
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Format: Paperback
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ISBN: 0752453254
Number of Pages: 288
Price: GBP 8.83
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Commander Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb was Ian Fleming’s inspiration for James Bond. A British naval frogman, Crabb disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1957 following a secret dive beneath a Russian warship which brought Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin to Britain. Fifty years after the event, award-winning investigative journalist Don Hale uncovers who sanctioned Crabb’s final dive in a case which claimed the jobs of Admiralty top brass and Intelligence people and contributed to the downfall of Prime Minister Anthony Eden.
