'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee Child<\/i><\/p>\n
FIVE DARING ESCAPES CARRIED OUT BY THE FAMOUS FIGHTING FORCE DURING WWII<\/i><\/p>\n
From the infamous 1944 desert campaign to the unforgiving terrain of the Vosges Mountains; from a perilous escape across Europe aided by Resistance networks to three Captains fleeing an Italian Prisoner of War camp in 1943, and a death-defying return to Britain via boat, tunnel and train.<\/i><\/p>\n
These inspirational true stories bring to life the do-or-die spirit of the SAS, as they faced an enemy hell-bent on wreaking vengeance.<\/i><\/p>\n
Damien Lewis has worked closely with World War Two veterans and the families of those portrayed, accessing never-before-seen wartime diaries, letters, mission reports, interrogation transcripts and more, to reveal terrifying yet astounding feats of survival from the band of elite soldiers.<\/i><\/p>\n
If you like Great Escapes Four, why not go back and discover the previous instalments in this bestselling series: Great Escapes, Great Escapes Two and Great Escapes Three.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This resource recounts how soldiers of the world’s most famous fighting force, the SAS, carried out some of the most daring escapes of World War Two. Ranging from the infamous desert campaign of 1944 to the unforgiving terrain of the Vosges Mountains, these inspirational narratives include the tale of three Captains escaping an Italian Prisoner of War Camp in 1943; a perilous escape across Europe aided by the Resistance networks of Holland, Belgium; and a death-defying return to Britain via boat, tunnel and train. Each account plunges the reader into the escapees’ experiences – sharing the most terrifying yet astounding moments of their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[75],"product_tag":[1743,77,1247],"class_list":{"0":"post-119414","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-history","6":"product_tag-autobiography-historical-political-military","7":"product_tag-military-history","8":"product_tag-second-world-war","9":"pa_book_author-lewis-damien","10":"pa_cover-paperback","11":"pa_dewey-940-541241-edition23","12":"pa_imprint-quercus","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-8497","15":"pa_publisher-quercus","16":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","18":"first","19":"onbackorder","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n