| Title:
Colditz
– The Colditz Story and The Latter Days by P.R.Reid. |
| Description:
The
men imprisoned at Colditz were escapers who had all made
some form of escape from other camps. Colditz was seen as
impossible to escape from, yet there were over three hundred
escape attempts in the four and a half years of the war.
The Colditz Story tells of the early escapes culminating
in Pat Reid’s own escape. The Latter Days continues
the story of Colditz from 1942 to 1945. Both books have
been made into a television series starring Robert Wagner
and David McCallum. |
| Author:
Pat
Reid was born in India in 1910. He was educated in Ireland
and England and studied Civil Engineering. At the outbreak
of WWII in 1939 he served as a Ammunition Liaison Officer
for which he was awarded an MBE. Captured in 1940 he later
escaped in 1942 for which he was awarded the Military Cross.
After the war he was First Secretary at the British Embassy
in Ankara. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published : First
published – unknown but previous copies were in two
separate parts. |
Edition:
This
edition 1972. |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good condition, with a dust cover which is in good condition,
slight wear to top of dust cover but otherwise good. |
| Book
Condition : Very
good condition, containing 622 pages which several photographs
and illustrations. |
| Publisher:
Book Club Associates, London. |
| ISBN:
No number. |
| Size
& Weight: 24
cm x 14 cm (H x W). 3.7 cm thick. |
