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We Die Alone
David Howarth
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Description for We Die Alone
Paperback. A World War Two epic of escape and endurance Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186. 256 pages, 16pp B&W photos. A World War Two epic of escape and endurance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 197 x 134 x 18. Weight: 210.
In March 1943 a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from the most northerly part of Britain for Nazi-occupied Norway. Their mission was to organise and support the Norwegian resistance. They were betrayed, and only one man survived the ambush by the Nazis.
Crippled by frostbite, snow-blind and hunted by the Nazis, Jan Baalstrud managed to find a tiny arctic village. There - delirious, near death - he found villagers willing to risk their own lives to save him. David Howarth narrates his incredible escape in this gripping tale of courage and the resilience of the human spirit.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847678454
SKU
V9781847678454
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Ref
99-99
About David Howarth
During World War II David Howarth ran a spy ring from which both this volume and his previous best-seller - The Shetland Bus - derive. Mr Howarth, who died in 1991, was the author of two dozen major books of history.
Reviews for We Die Alone
Excellent...a deeply moving Arctic saga
The Times
We Die Alone fills one with humble admiration for the stubborn courage of a man who refused to die under circumstances that would have killed ninety-nine men out of a hundred.
New York Times
A book that I absolutely could not put down...and one that I will never forget.
Steven E. Ambrose, author of Band of Brothers
Almost unbelievable. We Die Alone is a spine-chiller. It was well become a legend.
Boston Post Howarth's narrative is thoroughly involving; you can almost hear the shriek of the Arctic wind, be blinded by the snow and feel the frostbite. As vividly portrayed as his personal courage is the desolating impact of war on a handful of remote Norwegian fishing settlements.
David Stafford
Times Literary Supplement
One of the most extraordinary escape stories you will ever read . . . outstanding
Andy McNab astonishing and enthralling
The Scottish Mail on Sunday
The Times
We Die Alone fills one with humble admiration for the stubborn courage of a man who refused to die under circumstances that would have killed ninety-nine men out of a hundred.
New York Times
A book that I absolutely could not put down...and one that I will never forget.
Steven E. Ambrose, author of Band of Brothers
Almost unbelievable. We Die Alone is a spine-chiller. It was well become a legend.
Boston Post Howarth's narrative is thoroughly involving; you can almost hear the shriek of the Arctic wind, be blinded by the snow and feel the frostbite. As vividly portrayed as his personal courage is the desolating impact of war on a handful of remote Norwegian fishing settlements.
David Stafford
Times Literary Supplement
One of the most extraordinary escape stories you will ever read . . . outstanding
Andy McNab astonishing and enthralling
The Scottish Mail on Sunday