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  • SAS Great Escapes

  • Seven Great Escapes Made by Real Second World War Heroes
  • By: Damien Lewis
  • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
  • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,092 ratings)

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SAS Great Escapes

By: Damien Lewis
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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Summary

No food. No water. Out of ammo. Safety is south. But between there and here is 150 miles of barren desert – freezing at night, boiling in the day – populated solely by Ernst Rommel’s fearsome and deadly Afrika Corps.

What would you do?

Give up? Or get on with it?

For the seven SAS supermen in Damien Lewis’s explosive new audio exclusive, the answer was simple: Escape. Evade. Survive. From the mountains of Italy, to the deserts of Africa, these heroes epitomise the bravery, esprit de corps and daring do of Britain’s finest elite fighting force.

Fans of Ant Middleton’s First Man In and Ben MacIntyre’s SAS: Rogue Heroes are in for a treat, as the SAS’s master chronicler, Damien Lewis, has produced a gripping, heart-in-the-mouth, real-life thriller. A Sunday Times number one best-selling author, this fresh look at the most audacious escapes the SAS made in the Second World War is white-knuckle listening of the highest calibre.

Because if you put a fence in front of these men...they’ll climb it.

©2020 Damien Lewis (P)2020 Audible, Ltd
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<i>SAS Great Escapes</i> by Damien Lewis
Meet the man behind the medals, Captain Roy Alexander Farran
Discover the lie that changed Corporal Jack Vincent Byrne's life forever
Learn how Lieutenant Thomas Bennett Langton's childhood shaped his career
  • SAS Great Escapes by Damien Lewis
  • Meet the man behind the medals, Captain Roy Alexander Farran
  • Discover the lie that changed Corporal Jack Vincent Byrne's life forever
  • Learn how Lieutenant Thomas Bennett Langton's childhood shaped his career
Operation Overview | 1. Nikaia, Athens, Greece. Date: August 1941. SAS Superman: Captain Roy Alexander Farran, 3rd The King’s Own Hussars.| 2. Benghazi Plain, Eastern Libya. Date: March 1942. SAS Superman: Corporal Jack Vincent Byrne, Gordon Highlanders. | 3. Tobruk, North-East Libya. Date: September 1942. SAS Superman: Lieutenant Thomas Bennett Langton, Irish Guards. | 4. Porto San Giórgio, Northern Italy. Date: September 1943. SAS Superman: Sergeant John Edward ‘Jim’ Almonds, Coldstream Guards. | 5. River Tiber, Central Italy. Date: January 1944. SAS Superman: Lieutenant James ‘Jimmy’ Quentin Hughes, 208 Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment. | 6. Oise, Northern France. Date: September 1944. SAS Superman: Corporal Serge Vaculik, 3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment. |7. Vosges Mountains, France. Date: July 1944. SAS Superman: Flight Officer Ronald Lewis ‘Lew’ Fiddick, Royal Canadian Air Force.

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About the author

Award-winning author Damien Lewis has penned over a dozen books, topping best seller lists worldwide. His WWII special forces books are a publishing phenomenon, and several are being made into movies or TV series. He also scripts his own work as films. His modern elite forces books include the No. 1 best seller Zero Six Bravo, and his man-and-dog at war true stories include the phenomenally successful War Dog, which is being developed as a movie. He also writes thrillers, and his first, Cobra Gold, is being made into a film by LA-based Safadi Entertainment.

About the performer

Leighton Pugh studied German and Italian at The Queen’s College, Oxford before training at LAMDA. Leighton's many stage credits include The Lehman Trilogy, Macbeth and The Birthday Party, amongst others. For audio, Leighton has lent his voice to a myriad of fiction and non-fiction tomes, from Ragnar Jonasson’s ‘Dark Iceland’ crime series to The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan and Talking to My Daughter About the Economy by Yanis Veroufakis. His radio credits include Scenes from Provincial Life, Murder by the Book and The Tragical Adventures of Heinrich von Kleist.

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Gripping and humbling

A superb and easy listen on a subject that has always fascinated me. We sit here today with all the problems of the world around us but must remember the heroes and their sacrifice that allowed us the opportunity.

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Incredibly engaging

Wonderfully told, with honesty and pride. The in-depth research is clear. The human spirit pours from every page.

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Brilliant

Sheer class grit and determination showed by the men of the then new SAS a must read/listen

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epic stories

really enjoyed this one, so captivating and I liked that each chapter was a different story

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Loved this book

Loved the detail in this book. I feel like I watched a film and loved every second

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As the crow flies

Great stories, Damien lewis's books are riveting, as always. He should just limit his usage of the phrase 'as the crow flies'. It get's annoying when you hear a certain distance and after that immediatly 'as the cr..' I have to put the book down. But that is just personal. A great and interesting book about the origin and history of the SAS 10/10

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Great escape book.

I thought it was a great listen, I listened while on long walks. Wind, rain or shine.

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Gripping

Epic story of bravery and ingenuity, some of the men completed multiple attempts to escape and never gave up. Felt like I was there for every attempt

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Great book. Certainly recommend

Well written book and well narrated. Excellent stories of very courageous individuals. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this

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Exceptional

A must read. The bravery of all involved to make this book possible.
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