Padre in Colditz : The Diary of J. Ellison Platt M.B.E.

Ex libris bookplate, Frank G. Glen. A 12mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine. Some adhesive stains along edges of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; 319, [1 (blank)] pages. Burgundy boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 134mm. Military history, World War Two. "Here is the real life of Colditz. If the escapes show to what heights of daring and inventiveness intelligent and brave young men could rise, this record of the day-to-day life of Colditz shows the strength of the human spirit in highly unnatural and at times almost unendurable conditions. Jock Ellison Platt was one of the earliest British arrivals at Colditz, the 'bad boys prison' where the Germans put the escapers, the trouble-makers, and the VIP prisoners-of-war. An Army Methodist Chaplain, Platt had chosen not to get away at Dunkirk, but to stay with the medical team and nine hundred wounded men who had no choice but to be taken prisoner. To keep himself sane while waiting to see what the Germans would do with them, he immediately embarked upon the long and detailed diary he kept until liberation in April 1945." - from dust-jacket blurb.

Product Info

ISBN: 0340228075

ISBN-13: 9780340228074

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton

Year: (1978)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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