img

The Escape Artists

Neal Bascomb

In the winter trenches and flak-filled skies of World War I, captured soldiers and pilots narrowly avoided death only to find themselves imprisoned in Germany's archipelago of brutal POW camps. After several unsuccessful escapes, a group of Allied prisoners of Holzminden - Germany's land-locked Alcatraz- hatched the most elaborate escape plan yet known. With ingenious engineering, disguises, forgery and courage, their story would electrify Britain in some of its darkest hours of the war.

Drawing on never-before-seen memoirs and letters, Neal Bascomb brings this little-known story narrative to life amid the despair of the trenches and the height of patriotic duty.

  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : JUL 11, 2019
  • Imprint : John Murray
  • Page Extent : 352
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781473686816
  • Price : INR 799
image

Neal Bascomb

Neal Bascomb is an American author who has travelled widely throughout Russia. His first book HIGHER (the making of New York) won terrific reviews and his second book THE PERFECT MILE has sold some 40000 copies in the North American market.

Discover more books

To search by Publisher, Imprint, Category and Subject, please use Advanced Search