He stayed for ten years, initiating Hutchison's acquisition of Hong Kong Electric, and negotiating their entry into the oil business through their acquisition of Husky Oil. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. This gives a much better understanding and sense of "being there" than prose; the result is excellent and I enjoyed the book tremendously. A kinsman of the Dukes of Atholl, Murray married in 1965 his long-time girlfriend, pilot Jennifer ( née Mather), with whom he has three children and six grandchildren. Murray recounts these adventures in an intelligent and humorous manner that is reminiscent of how stories are told around the tables in any regimental mess.

Legionnaire: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion Legionnaire: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion

This gripping journal offers stark evidence that the Legion's reputation for pushing men to their breaking points and beyond is well deserved.

More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Apart from a really impressive first-hand account of a turning point in the Legion, coinciding with the very end and short afterwards of the Algerian War, it is a riveting text, an open-hearted account of a young gentleman's venture through a rough, tough environment, under a humble and positive attitude. Murray's writing becomes more vivid, and philosophical later in the novel:"So much had happened, it feels like a thousand - and I thought that five years would fly; times does not fly - it moves like a Winter's night when you are lost on the ocean and there are no stars in the heaven. For literature, just as the Legion Etrangere, may have the power to bring us all together - and expertly so under the pen of Mr.

Simon Murray (Author of Legionnaire) - Goodreads Simon Murray (Author of Legionnaire) - Goodreads

He has also invested in other mobile operations in New Zealand, San Marino, Papua New Guinea and elsewhere.Couldn't put it down, and was completely carried away by the emotion conveyed by his lines - from laughter to the verge of tears. I can't help but be simultaneously struck by the youthful energy of this five-year diary and at the same time by the unusual level of insight and reflection on his own thoughts, actions, and emotions and on the events of the world around him. Amongst many high-profile deals, Davenham went on to represent Mitsui in the Singapore Mass Transit Railway project.

Legionnaire by Simon Murray - Pan Macmillan Legionnaire by Simon Murray - Pan Macmillan

Murray is not only an excellent observer and storyteller, he is very tough and very talented, as shown both by his accomplishments during his five years in the Legion and by his success in the business world in the decades afterward. At the beginning of January there is to be a referendum which will be held in France as well as Algeria. I’ve just finished reading it again aged 47 for the umpteenth time and still enjoy it as much as the first time. The French Foreign Legion–mysterious, romantic, deadly–is filled with men of dubious character, and hardly the place for a proper Englishman just nineteen years of age. Murray is currently the Executive Chairman of GEMS, and a board director of Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd, Orient Overseas (International) Ltd, Wing Tai Properties Ltd, Arnhold Holdings Ltd, Richemont SA, Essar Energy plc, Omnicorp Ltd and IRC Ltd.Following the vote to separate from France, many pieds noir and some Legion regiments engaged in an attempted putsch, which failed.