Boldness Be My Friend
$37.50
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2008
Summary
Boldness Be My Friend: A WWII Escape Saga
‘Escape… escape… escape… by God!’ was his constant exhortation. ‘Never mind hunger pains, discomfort, or any other agony. Let escape become your passion, your one and only obsession until you finally reach home.’
Shot down over Berlin in 1941, Richard Pape’s saga of captivity is a story of courage unmatched in the annals of escape. Four escapes took him across the breadth of German-occupied Europe; to Poland and Czechoslovakia; to Au…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755316267 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755316266 |
| Author: | Richard Pape |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2008 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 26mm |
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‘It’s an extraordinary story of British pluck but also very moving. Pape survived torture by the Gestapo but many of those who helped him weren’t so lucky’
It’s an extraordinary story of British pluck but also very moving. Pape survived torture by the Gestapo but many of those who helped him weren’t so lucky - Mail on Sunday
About The Author
Richard Pape
Richard Pape, born in 1916, was an irrepressible red-haired Yorkshireman who joined 609 Squadron as an Auxiliary Airman before the war. He later transferred to Bomber Command, got shot down, evaded capture, escaped, was tortured, and escaped again before being repatriated. After the war, he became a best-selling author and renowned adventurer. He died in 1995.
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