Unbroken

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The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.
On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean. After an agonising delay, a young lieutenant finally bobbed to the surface and struggled aboard a life raft. So begins one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenants name was Louis Zamperini. As a boy, he turned to petty crime until he discovered a remarkable talent for running, which took him to the Berlin Olympics. But as war loomed, he joined up and was soon embroiled in the ferocious battle for the Pacific.

Now Zamperini faced a journey of thousands of miles of open ocean on a failing raft, dogged by sharks, starvation and the enemy. Driven to limits of endurance, Zamperinis fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would depend on the strength of his will

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The pages almost turn themselves. His tale is remarkable and his resilience inspiring. Ben Macintyre

An instant classicMail on Sunday

One of the most remarkable survival tales ever recorded. Do yourself a favour and by the book Vanity Fair

Unbroken is an extraordinarily compelling read, a match for any thrillera remarkable book. Evening Standard

More gripping than fiction Sunday Telegraph

Staggering mesmerising Hillenbrands writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you dont dare take your eyes off the page People

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Laura Hillenbrand is a contributing writer/editor to Equus magazine among many other journals. Her article on Seabiscuit won the Eclipse Award for Magazine Writing; she served as a consultant on the Universal film of this book, released in 2003. She lives in Washington DC.