THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AND PERFECT GIFT FOR HISTORY BUFFS! 'A master at setting
the pulse racing' Daily Mail 'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last
word on the subject' Telegraph _____________________________ FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
SAS: ROGUE HEROES 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. _____________________________ 'Like watching a black-and-white
photograph being colourised' Spectator 'Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat' The Tablet
Sunday Times bestseller November 2022
