Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz, Agent Sonya, SAS- Rogue Heroes, The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series, including Operation Mincemeat, A Spy Among Friends and SAS- Rogue Heroes.
A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word
on the subject
*Telegraph*
Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised . . .
rich in humour and quirky detail . . . another compelling
narrative
*Spectator*
Nuanced and gripping . . . told with sensitivity and insight, with
an eye for telling detail
*The Times*
Fascinating
*The Sun*
Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat
*The Tablet*
Entertaining yet objective and often moving
*Wall Street Journal*
Macintyre's genius has long been to excavate the nuance, subtlety
and ambiguity beneath the myths he explores . . . remarkable
*Tortoise Media*
Another fine history . . . His unerring eye for the telling detail
that can illuminate a greater story is apparent in Colditz
*The Irish Times*
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
*Washington Post*
Macintyre recreates the daring escape stories with punchy flair . .
. a lively page-turner
*Independent.ie*
My book of the year . . . a masterful history of Colditz. It's
absurdly readable (and at times just absurd) as well as being
informative, hilarious and deeply moving
*LitHub*
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