Castle of the Eagles
Escape from Mussolini's Colditz
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Word Count
77,000 words, Guess
Page Count
308 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL34612768M
- ISBN-139781785781186
- OCLC Control Number971947411
- OCLC Control Number978913634
- AmazonB01MXI5YR7
Classifications
- LCCD627
- LCCD805.I8 F45 2017
Description
xii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm
Description
"High in the Tuscan hills above Florence, the menacing Vincigliata Castle - a very special prisoner-of-war camp converted on Mussolini's personal orders - held thirteen of the most senior British and Commonwealth officers captured during the campaign in North Africa. Against insuperable odds, these extraordinary middle-aged POWs drove a complex tunnel beneath the castle, and by March 1943 it was ready... Six men would attempt the impossible: an air marshal, three brigadiers, two lieutenant-generals. Three were knights of the realm and two held the Victoria Cross. One was missing a hand and eye, another suffered a gammy hip. The youngest was 48, the oldest 63. During that rainswept night, three teams burst out of the earth and slipped away, intent on reaching neutral Switzerland." --Publisher's description.
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