The Soldier Who Came Back

Steve Foster

ISBN 10: 1907324232 / ISBN 13: 9781907324239

Verlag: Mirror Books, 2018

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR009516771

Inhaltsangabe:

Northern Poland, 1940: at the Nazi war camp Stalag XX-A, two men struck up an unlikely friendship which led to one of the most remarkable wartime escape stories ever told. Antony Coulthard was the privately educated son of wealthy parents with a degree in modern languages from Oxford. Fred Foster, the son of a bricklayer, had left school at 14. This mismatched young pair hatched a plan to disguise themselves and simply walk out of the camp, board a train, and head straight into the heart of Nazi Germany. This audacious plan involved 18 months of undercover work, including Antony spending 3 hours each evening teaching Fred German. They set off for the Swiss border via Germany, but when they reached the border town of Lake Constance, with Switzerland within their reach, Antony crossed over into freedom, while Fred's luck ran out. What happened to them both next is both heartbreaking and inspiring.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Alan Clark is a writer, novelist and biographer. His recent novel, Rory’s Boys, is currently being turned into a screenplay in Hollywood. Steve Foster joined the Royal Navy in 1966 and went on to be the Marine Engineer Officer in the frigates HMS Andromeda and HMS Sheffield and the destroyer HMS Cardiff, being promoted to Commander in 1997.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Soldier Who Came Back
Verlag: Mirror Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good