Hachette India

Boldness Be My Friend

Richard Pape

'"Escape... escape... escape... by God!"' was his constant exhortation. "Never mind hunger pains, discomfort, or any other agony. Let escape become your passion, your one and only obsession until you finally reach home."'

Shot down over Berlin in 1941, Richard Pape's saga of captivity is a story of courage unmatched in the annals of escape. Four escapes took him across the breadth of German-occupied Europe; to Poland and Czechoslovakia; to Austria and Hungary. Aggressive and impetuous, his adventures sweep the reader along on a torrent of excitement.

Classification : Biography & Memoir
Pub Date : MAY 1, 2008
Imprint : Headline Review
Page Extent : 352
Binding : PB
ISBN : 9780755316267
Price : INR 799

Richard Pape

Born in 1916 Richard Pape was an irrepressible red-haired Yorkshireman who joined 609 Squadron as an Auxiliary Airman before the war. He later transferred to Bomber Command got shot down evaded was captured escaped got tortured escaped before being repatriated. He became a best-selling author and renowned adventurer after the war. He died in 1995.