The Great Escape
by Paul Brickhill
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarywarfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is serious, stirring and unsavoury. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic filmOne of the most famous true stories from the last war, The Great Escape tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinary break-out. Every night for a year they dug tunnels.
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- Author
- Paul Brickhill
- Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 264
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- Open Library
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