Isabel & the Sea

by George Millar

The author recounts his experiences of having undertaken, with his wife Isabel, a sailing holiday from the UK, through France and on to Greece in 1946. Along the way, both Millar and his wife become witnesses to Europe's early recovery efforts in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.

Genres: Travel

408 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

George Reid Millar, DSO MC, was a Scottish journalist, author and soldier who was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for his escape during the first part of the Second World War which he wrote about in Horned Pigeon.

Millar was awarded the DSO, the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre avec Palmes for his service in France in 1944 fighting behind the lines with the local Resistance. He recorded this experience in his most well known book Maquis.