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SAS Great Escapes
- Seven Great Escapes Made by Real Second World War Heroes
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Categories: History, Europe
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Behind the scenes
Watch our exclusive interview with Damien Lewis as he discusses SAS Great Escapes.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.
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.
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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- Killian iPad
- 28-05-20
A Remarkable Narrative - well performed
Simply loving this release ..... it is some time now since my last purchase, really pleased I have broken in again. Well done Team Audible!
9 people found this helpful
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- denise armstrong
- 07-06-20
proud to be british
a great read telling the world just how good the sad were and how proud we should be of these special people
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- Simon Morgan
- 22-07-20
Great stories, strange performance
I really enjoyed the stories in this book,. The performance was good (good accents) but throughout the book the narator put in odd pauses and used strange inflections on words or phrases, this made the overall flow of the stories hard to follow at times.
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- Peter
- 05-06-20
The courage shown is without doubt inspiring
I enjoyed this narration it was excellent and at time I was with those courageous men on a mission my heart beating a little faster . Major Stirling and Cornel Blair "Paddy" Maine exhibited outstanding leadership and their comrades followed not by blind obedience but by training and the understanding that they could complete a mission when the gas tank of fortitude was running on freash air and an inner strength took over . A fascinating audio book excently narrated .
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- Andy 51
- 05-06-20
Enthralling
I have read many books on World War 2 escapes and I have enjoyed this book and found it good listening, however as there was more than one story, I found the lack of more detail of the escapees journeys not as good as others I have read. Overall not the best Damien Lewis book but worth purchasing Leighton Pugh narration excellent.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-06-20
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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- paul carley
- 08-06-20
fantastic chain of events
Easy to listen to and enjoyable, true heroes. these stories need to be told and passed down the generations.
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- Dave
- 19-01-21
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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- Pete Morgan
- 17-01-21
Brilliant
Loved it. Made me much more aware of these poor souls "trying to do the right thing".
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- vqthomf
- 06-01-21
Great escape book.
I thought it was a great listen, I listened while on long walks. Wind, rain or shine.
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- Tim
- 24-10-20
Terrific stories, brilliantly told and narrated.
The scale of sheer determination through adversity is both inspiring and humbling. Never again will I complain of sore legs or a heavy pack whilst hiking after listening to this. I wish the book was twice as long. Lewis does this kind of thing better than anyone else.