Castle of the Eagles

The Monuments Men meets The Great EscapeA cinematic, rip-roaring WWII breakout history thriller featuring larger than life characters''History as it should be told ... a thundering good read'' History of War magazine on Felton''s Zero Night

'This tale romps along, tumbling over itself with excitement.'

Autorentext

Mark Felton has written over a dozen books on World War Two, including most recently, Castle of the Eagles, The Sea Devils and Zero Night, an account of a mass POW escape, described as 'a thundering good read' by History of War magazine. His Japan's Gestapo was named 'Best Book of 2009' by the Japan Time*s. He also writes regularly for publications including *Military History Monthly and World War II. After a decade spent working in Shanghai, he now lives in Colchester. Visit markfelton.co.uk.

Klappentext

The true story of how thirteen of the most senior British and Commonwealth officers captured during the North African campaign of WWII planned their escape from Vincigliata Castle in the Tuscan hills of Italy. From the author of "Zero Night" and "The Sea Devils".

Zusammenfassung
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.