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Record Nr.

UNINA9910693992303321

Autore

Williams Eric <1911-1983, >

Titolo

The wooden horse / / Eric Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2013

ISBN

1-4738-1977-6

1-4738-0045-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Military Classics

Disciplina

940.547243

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, German

Prisoner-of-war escapes

World War, 1939-1945

Escaped prisoners of war - Germany

Escaped prisoners of war - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in Great Britain in 1949.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Explanation; Inside; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; Outside; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; Limbo; 1; 2; 3

Sommario/riassunto

It is over fifty years since the critics of the day acclaimed The Wooden Horse as a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. Millions of readers agreed, and the book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the tale. The escape itself was conceived on classical lines. The Greeks built a wooden horse and by means of it got into the city of Troy; in 1943 two British officers built a wooden horse and by means of it got out of a German prison camp. Together with a third companion, they were the only British prisoners ever to escap