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UNINA9910693992303321 |
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Autore |
Williams Eric <1911-1983, > |
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Titolo |
The wooden horse / / Eric Williams |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-4738-1977-6 |
1-4738-0045-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in Great Britain in 1949. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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