F-V Aug. 2023 Fuquay-Varina Community Library Patron Recommendations

patron picks from our August 'A Novel Idea' meeting
 

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1. Prisoners of the castle: an epic story of survival and escape from Colditz, the Nazis' fortress prison

Book cover for "Prisoners of the castle"
Star rating for Prisoners of the castle
Author:
Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
Average Rating:
5 stars
Formats:
Book, Large Print
Description:
"In this gripping narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one of the most famous prison stories in history and makes it utterly his own. During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz Castle to hold the most defiant Allied prisoners. For four years, these prisoners of the castle tested its walls and its guards with ingenious escape attempts that would become legend. But as Macintyre shows, the story of Colditz was about much more than escape....