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Colditz - Prisoners of the Castle

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Informationen zum Autor Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz, Agent Sonya , SAS: Rogue Heroes , The Spy and the Traitor , Agent Zigzag , Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends . He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times , and has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series, including Operation Mincemeat , A Spy Among Friends and SAS: Rogue Heroes . Klappentext THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail 'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph _____________________________ FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that's only part of the real story. In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle , bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes us inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history to meet the real men behind the legends. Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse - and all determined to escape by any means necessary. Deeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances - and will change how you think about Colditz forever. _____________________________ 'Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised' Spectator 'Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat' The Tablet Zusammenfassung THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail 'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph _____________________________ FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that's only part of the real story. In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle , bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes us inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history to meet the real men behind the legends. Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse - and all determined to escape by any means necessary. Deeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances - and will change how you think about Colditz forever. _____________________________ 'Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised' Spectator 'Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat' The Tablet ...

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Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz, Agent Sonya, SAS: Rogue Heroes, The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series, including Operation Mincemeat, A Spy Among Friends and SAS: Rogue Heroes.

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A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject Patrick Bishop Telegraph

Product details

Authors Ben Macintyre
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 25.05.2023
 
EAN 9780241986974
ISBN 978-0-241-98697-4
No. of pages 353
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)
Non-fiction book

HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Germany, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Prisoners of War, Aiding escape and evasion

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