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Colditz
- Author
- Ben Macintyre
- Narrator
- Ben Macintyre
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 15 September 2022
- Run Time
- 13 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
BEN MACINTYRE'S NEXT AUDIOBOOK, REDWOOD, IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW.
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AND PERFECT GIFT FOR HISTORY BUFFS!
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES
Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that's only part of the real story.
In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes us inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history to meet the real men behind the legends. Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse - and all determined to escape by any means necessary.
Deeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances - and will change how you think about Colditz forever.
'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail
'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph
'Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised' Spectator
'Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat' The Tablet
© Ben MacIntyre 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject
Telegraph
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Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised . . . rich in humour and quirky detail . . . another compelling narrative
Spectator
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Nuanced and gripping . . . told with sensitivity and insight, with an eye for telling detail
The Times
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Fascinating
The Sun
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Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat
The Tablet
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Entertaining yet objective and often moving
Wall Street Journal
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Macintyre's genius has long been to excavate the nuance, subtlety and ambiguity beneath the myths he explores . . . remarkable
Tortoise Media
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Another fine history . . . His unerring eye for the telling detail that can illuminate a greater story is apparent in Colditz
The Irish Times
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Macintyre so seamlessly fuses so many different accounts that their compilation creates something more profound than a simple escape yarn: a biography of the prison itself and the world detainees built there
Washington Post
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Macintyre recreates the daring escape stories with punchy flair . . . a lively page-turner
Independent.ie
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Details
- Author
- Ben Macintyre
- Narrator
- Ben Macintyre
- Duration
- 13 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9780241988916
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Second World War, Prisoners of war, True war and combat stories
Synopsis
BEN MACINTYRE'S NEXT AUDIOBOOK, REDWOOD, IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW.THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AND PERFECT GIFT FOR HISTORY BUFFS!FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROESColditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that's only part of the real story.In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes us inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history to meet the real men behind the legends. Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse - and all determined to escape by any means necessary.Deeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances - and will change how you think about Colditz forever.'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph'Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised' Spectator'Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat' The Tablet© Ben MacIntyre 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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