10% off all books and free delivery over £40
Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks.

The Greatest Escape How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives from the Nazis - A Good Place to Hide

View All Editions

The selected edition of this book is not available to buy right now.
Add To Wishlist
Write A Review Read An Extract

LoveReading Says

LoveReading Says

September 2014 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.

This true story should be heard, should be shouted from the rooftops, as not only is it completely gripping, fascinating and inspirational but there are also lessons to be learned. This is an account of the people from an isolated plateau in the middle of France during the Second World War. They say that truth is stranger than fiction, a novel normally has one or two heroes or heroines, this true story has hundreds of them. The villages and farming communities from this one area, helped to save thousands of lives, each individual act of good joining to create an incredibly heartening and united whole. The author is clearly inspired by the people he researched and spoke to; he eloquently tells their tale with no embellishment, no adornment, he doesn't try to fill gaps, he leaves questions and consequently this true story retains its grit, guts and backbone. A must read, for everyone; we should be celebrating this community, this spirit, this truly magnificent story. ~ Liz Robinson

Liz Robinson

Books of the Month

Find This Book In

Primary Genre Biographies & Autobiographies
Other Genres:
Recommendations:

About

Press Reviews

Author

You Might Also Like...

Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern

Loyd Grossman

Hardback

Temporarily Out Of Stock

£31.50 £35.00

Elizabeth

Gyles Brandreth

Hardback

In Stock

£22.50 £25.00

King Charles III

Gill Knappett

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

The Debs of Bletchley Park

Michael Smith

Paperback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad

Daniel Finkelstein

Hardback

In Stock

£22.50 £25.00