Major Farran's Hat: Murder, Scandal and Britain's War Against Jewish Terrorism 1945-1948

David Cesarani

In May 1947 a Jewish teenager was mysteriously abducted in Jerusalem. He was never seen alive again. A grey felt hat found at the scene was traced to Major Roy Farran, a highly decorated ex-SAS officer leading a covert counter-terrorist squad. Farran was acquitted after a sensational court martial and c...