In November 1942, two nights after the Battle of El Alamein, a young British army officer was captured by German forces. 

As the Nazis deliberated about what to do with him and his peers, Richard Carver had particular reason to be afraid: unknown to anyone else, he was the stepson of Lt-Gen Bernard Montgomery, who had just inflicted the first serious land defeat on the Third Reich. 

Having decided on the high-risk strategy of making his way back to Allied HQ in the south, he embarked on a gruelling 500-mile journey through German-occupied territory, evading capture again and again and ultimately being saved by a family of brave Italian peasants who jeopardised not just their own lives but those of an entire village to hide him. 

This is a tale of great adventure and derring-do - a reminder of a lost age when, in the face of terrifying challenges, a generation rose to extraordinary feats of valour in the service of a cause greater than themselves.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781906021924
• Author: Tom Carver
• Publisher: Short Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm