Cruel Crossing

Préface
The secret history of the WW2 escape routes through the Pyrenees from France to Spain: personal stories of endurance, betrayal and remarkable bravery.

Auteur
Edward Stourton is the author of six books. He is writer and presenter of several high-profile current-affairs programmes and documentaries for radio and television, and regularly presents BBC Radio Four programmes such as The World at One, The World This Wee*k*end, Sunday and Analysis. He is a frequent contributor to the Today programme, where for ten years he was one of the main presenters.

Texte du rabat

Paperback edition of Stourton's book trading the secret history of WWII escape routes through the Pyrenees from France to Spain. Personal stories of endurance, betrayal and remarkable bravery, which give an insight into the terror of the time. 'A moving retelling of some of the war's most heroic episodes' Nigel Jones, "Sunday Telegraph"

Résumé
Drawing on interviews with the few remaining survivors and the families of those who were there, Edward Stourtonâ™s vivid history of this little-known aspect of the Second World War is shocking, dramatic and intensely moving.