| Title:
The
Escaping Habit by Joseph Orna with Hugh Popham |
|
Description:
To
escape a POW camp presents two main problems – How
to get out and how to survive when you have gotten out.
The remarkable thing about Joe Orna’s escape is that
he managed to do both while dressed as a monk. Joe Orna’s
story is in the highest traditions of British escape stories
which are packed with suspense. It is set against the
background of religious life in Italy and it recaptures
the atmosphere of wartime Italy and the deep respect for
the church which underlines the more superficial political
loyalties of the moment.
|
| Author:
Joe Orna,
a Londoner, who was born within the sound of Bow Bells.
It was while he was working as a waiter in Soho that he
picked up enough Italian to pass himself off as an Italian
priest. Hugh Popham was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm during
WWII. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published:
First published 1975 |
Edition:
This
edition 1986 |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good condition with pictured dust cover which is protected
by plastic cover. Has library label on spine. |
| Book
Condition:
Good condition containing 142 pages, all of which is written
text. Although this is an ex library copy it is in good
condition. Has library stamp on inside and usual wear. Original
1986 price was £9.95. |
| Publisher:
Leo Cooper, London. |
| ISBN:
0-436-34120-4 |
| Size
& Weight: 22.4
cm x 14.2 cm (H x W). 1.9 cm thick. |
