Colditz

Prisoners of the Castle

De: Ben Macintyre

Narrado por: Ben Macintyre

Brought to you by Penguin.

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Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that's only part of the real story.

In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes us inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history to meet the real men behind the legends. Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse - and all determined to escape by any means necessary.

Deeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances - and will change how you think about Colditz forever.

'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail

'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph

'Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised' Spectator

'Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat' The Tablet

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Reseñas de la Crítica

A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject (Patrick Bishop)

Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised . . . rich in humour and quirky detail . . . another compelling narrative (Clare Mulley)

Nuanced and gripping . . . told with sensitivity and insight, with an eye for telling detail (Gerard DeGroot)

Fascinating

Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat (Jane Thynne)

Entertaining yet objective and often moving

Macintyre's genius has long been to excavate the nuance, subtlety and ambiguity beneath the myths he explores . . . remarkable (Matthew D'Ancona)

Another fine history . . . His unerring eye for the telling detail that can illuminate a greater story is apparent in Colditz (Ronan McGreevy)

Macintyre so seamlessly fuses so many different accounts that their compilation creates something more profound than a simple escape yarn: a biography of the prison itself and the world detainees built there (Andrea Pitzer)

Macintyre recreates the daring escape stories with punchy flair . . . a lively page-turner (NJ McGarrigle)

Well researched.

A very well researched book. Not your normal story, full of personnel untold stories. You sometimes wonder how these prisoners felt.

Fantastic in depth telling of the Colditz story

As good listening as any novel. Ben’s in depth use of great sources only enhances this wonderful book. I listened at every opportunity