The Great Escaper : the Life and Death of Roger Bushell
Pearson, Simon
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'The Great Escaper : The Life and Times of Roger Bushell' by Simon Pearson. This book is a first edition. Hodder and Stoughton. UK. 2013. Hardback with dj. First edition with full numberline. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to front by way of simple bookplate and dedicated to previous owner 'with best wishes' and dated 2013. A very smart copy of this book. Simon Pearson writes of the life and death of Roger Bushell who masterminded an escape from Stalag Luft III but was himself captured and executed by the Gestapo. Scarce signed. Dj is clean, bright and with very good edges and tips. Neatly price clipped. Contents are clean and unmarked except for faint ghost of price in pencil to ffep, just above signed bookplate. 'The Great Escaper : the Life and Death of Roger Bushell' by Simon Pearson. Not exlib and packed and posted with care. Seller Inventory # 100001791
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Title: The Great Escaper : the Life and Death of ...
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: 1st Edition.
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The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell (Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two)
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London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2013
ISBN 10: 1444760637
ISBN 13: 9781444760637
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The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell (Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two)
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom, 2014
ISBN 10: 1444760661
ISBN 13: 9781444760668
Used
Paperback
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape.Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure trove of letters, photographs and diaries - to the Imperial War Museum. Through exclusive access to this material - as well as fascinating new research from other sources - Simon Pearson, Chief Night Editor of The Times, has now written the first biography of this iconic figure. Born in South Africa in 1910, Roger Bushell was the son of a British mining engineer. By the age of 29, this charismatic character who spoke nine languages had become a London barrister with a reputation for successfully defending those much less fortunate than him. He was also renowned as an international ski champion and fighter pilot with a string of glamorous girlfriends. On 23 May, 1940, his Spitfire was shot down during a dogfight over Boulogne after destroying two German fighters. From then on his life was governed by an unquenchable desire to escape from Occupied Europe.Over the next four years he made three escapes, coming within 100 yards of the Swiss border during his first attempt. His second escape took him to Prague where he was sheltered by the Czech resistance for eight months before he was captured. The three months of savage interrogation in Berlin by the Gestapo that followed made him even more determined. Prisoner or not, he would do his utmost to fight the Nazis. His third (and last escape) destabilised the Nazi leadership and captured the imagination of the world.He died on 29 March 1944, murdered on the explicit instructions of Adolf Hitler.Simon Pearson's revealing biography is a vivid account of war and love, triumph and tragedy - one man's attempt to challenge remorseless tyranny in the face of impossible odds. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR005637616
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