Colditz

prisoners of the castle

av Ben Macintyre (forfatter).

Viking 2022 Heftet

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'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail

'Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else' John Preston
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THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MOST INFAMOUS PRISON IN HISTORY -- FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES AND THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR

In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their German captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gone, unchallenged for 70 years. But that tale contains only part of the truth.

The astonishing inside story, revealed for the first time in this new book by bestselling historian Ben Macintyre, is a tale of the indomitable human spirit, but also one of snobbery, class conflict, homosexuality, bullying, espionage, boredom, insanity and farce. With access to an astonishing range of material, Macintyre reveals a remarkable cast of characters of multiple nationalities hitherto hidden from history, with captors and prisoners living for years cheek-by-jowl in a thrilling game of cat and mouse.

From the elitist members of the Colditz Bullingdon Club to America's oldest paratrooper and least successful secret agent, the soldier-prisoners of Colditz were courageous and resilient as well as vulnerable and fearful -- and astonishingly imaginative in their desperate escape attempts. Deeply researched and full of incredible human stories, this is the definitive book on Colditz.
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'The best true spy story I have ever read' John le Carré on The Spy and the Traitor

'Impeccably researched, superbly told' Antony Beevor on SAS

'This book is classic Ben Macintyre . . . quirky human details enliven every page' Spectator on Agent Sonya

Bokdetaljer

Forlag Viking

Utgivelsesår 2022

Format Heftet

ISBN13 9780241408537

EAN 9780241408537

Omtalt tid 1939-1945

Omtalt sted Tyskland

Omtalt person Colditz (fangeleir)

Språk Engelsk

Sider 384

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