The great escaper : the life and death of Roger Bushell : love, betrayal, Big X and The great escape
Pearson, Simon, 1961-2014
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Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape. Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure trove of letters, photographs and diaries - to the Imperial War Museum. Through exclusive access to this material - as well as fascinating new research from other sources - Simon Pearson has now written the first biography of this iconic figure.
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Author:
Pearson, Simon, 1961-, authorImperial War Museum (Great Britain), associated with work
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Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2014.London : Hodder, 2014.
Collation:
viii, 435 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2013.Published in association with Imperial War Museums.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781444760668 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.547243092940.547243 PEA940.547243B BUS
Local class:
940.547243 BUS
Language:
English
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BRN:
1489536