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
