The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History, Hardcover - Margalit Fox

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The astonishing true story of two First World War prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time.Illustrations: integrated b/w

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A thrilling history of MI9-the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy linesPublisher: Yale University Pres...

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On a cold day on the thirtieth of January 1649 in London, an anonymous executioner severed the head of King Charles I of England. The watching crow...

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