EscapesChronicles in text and illustrations many famous escapes throughout history. Also discusses various techniques, devices, and disguises used in successful escapes. |
Contents
Introduction 40 Papillon | 7 |
Breakout 42 The Wall | 8 |
The Priesthole 44 The TenSecond Breakout | 10 |
Copyright | |
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airmen American Civil War Andrée de Jongh balloon Boer break-out British officers British prisoners built called camp authorities Captives captured Casanova Castle Castro cell cellar Charles Stuart Churchill climbed Colditz companion courtyard crashed Cross box disguised England entrance escape attempts escape committee escape helpers escape lines escape plans Escape Stories fortress France Franz von Werra freedom French fugitives Gambetta gate Gestapo Giraud gladiators Grotius Harry Houdini Henri Charrière hidden hole imprisoned inside iron Joel Kaplan John Gerard Lady Nithsdale later locked manacles metres night numbers P.O.W. camp palace Papillon Paris passed PASSPORT DIPLOMATIC patrols Plüschow priest priest-holes prison camp raft reached Red Cross box refugees rope sacks safe house sand secret hiding place sentry shaft silent smuggled soldiers Spartacus sprinted Stalag Luft Stalag Luft III station Sylvain Thaelmann Tower of London train Trenck tunnel Underground Railroad waited walked wall waves West Berlin wire Wiseman World wrote yard