{"product_id":"sas-great-escapes-three-gripping-true-escape-stories-executed-by-world-war-two-heroes","title":"SAS Great Escapes Three: Gripping True Escape Stories Executed by World War Two Heroes","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive of the most daring escapes carried out by the famous fighting force during World War Two.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSAS Great Escapes Three\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e recounts how warriors of the world's most famous fighting force, the SAS, carried out five of the most daring escapes of World War Two. Ranging from the very birth of the SAS, to the post D-Day battles for Nazi-occupied Europe, these gripping true stories cover some of the most iconic operations of the regiment, and its key characters, while also including untold tales of courage and endurance beyond compare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold in classic Damien Lewis style, each account plunges the reader into the escapees' experiences - sharing the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003emost terrifying yet astounding moments of their lives. They include unimaginable accounts of survival in the face of staggering odds, episodes of nerve-wracking bluff and deception, plus knife-edge ambushes with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenemy forces hell-bent on wreaking vengeance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this new volume of incredible special forces feats, bestselling author Damien Lewis has worked closely with World War Two veterans and the families of those portrayed, accessing wartime diaries, letters, mission reports, interrogation transcripts and more, to relate how the men of the SAS were hunted by the enemy and forced to fight their way out of certain death or capture. Around every corner, upon every decision and every movement lurked the possibility of discovery. Yet with every step, breath and turn taken, these fugitives epitomized the do-or-die spirit of the SAS to overcome.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiography - Literature and Literary studies, History and Archaeology, True stories: general\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDamien Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e368 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 232mm W: 152mm Spine: 32mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 460 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43742176379030,"sku":"9781529429442","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket---2024-06-06T164158-403.jpg?v=1717648988","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/sas-great-escapes-three-gripping-true-escape-stories-executed-by-world-war-two-heroes","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}