GOLDSMITH, JOHN. — Accidental Agent.

London: Leo Cooper, 1971. 0850520371. 1st edition. "Truth, indeed, is stranger than fiction; certainly it is more dramatic. This breathtaking story of John Goldsmith's adventures as an SOE agent in France during the Second World War leaves any spy novel at the post - as the author, perhaps better known as a successful trainer of hurdlers, might have put it..Not for nothing did John Goldsmith finish the War with a DSO, an M.C, a Legion d'Honneur and 3 Crois de Guerres." Pp.192, 9 black & white photo illustrations. Red cloth, dustwrapper has edge tears and small losses. VG/Fair.