Description: The author’s previous books include ‘The Wooden Horse’ which is the famous account of the escape of three British officers from Stalag-Luft III by the use of a wooden gym horse. In this prequel to that book a more detailed picture of imprisonment is drawn. He describes the events preceding the escape, from the escapers landing in occupied Europe to their eventual capture and early days of captivity, their first tunnel and the bitter disappointment of its failure. The reader will feel the shock of prison camp life, the hunger, lack of privacy and the isolation from normal life. The author tells the story with assurance, economy and with humour that made ‘The Wooden Horse’ one of the best-selling books of the war.