Human Game: Hunting the Great Escape Murderers
By (Author) Simon Read
Little, Brown Book Group
Constable
16th January 2014
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Modern warfare
European history
940.547243812
Paperback
432
Width 134mm, Height 197mm, Spine 36mm
343g
In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to justice.
In a quest that ranges from the devastated, bombed out cities of Europe to the horrors of the concentrations camps, McKenna is relentless in his pursuit. A gripping read set in the aftermath of World War II.Simon Read is a former award-winning newspaper reporter and bestselling author. Born in Britain, he is the author of Dark City: Crimes in Wartime London. He now lives in the U.S.