About the Author

Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz, Agent Sonya, SAS- Rogue Heroes, The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series, including Operation Mincemeat, A Spy Among Friends and SAS- Rogue Heroes.

Reviews

A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject
*Telegraph*

Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised . . . rich in humour and quirky detail . . . another compelling narrative
*Spectator*

Nuanced and gripping . . . told with sensitivity and insight, with an eye for telling detail
*The Times*

Fascinating
*The Sun*

Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat
*The Tablet*

Entertaining yet objective and often moving
*Wall Street Journal*

Macintyre's genius has long been to excavate the nuance, subtlety and ambiguity beneath the myths he explores . . . remarkable
*Tortoise Media*

Another fine history . . . His unerring eye for the telling detail that can illuminate a greater story is apparent in Colditz
*The Irish Times*

Macintyre so seamlessly fuses so many different accounts that their compilation creates something more profound than a simple escape yarn: a biography of the prison itself and the world detainees built there
*Washington Post*

Macintyre recreates the daring escape stories with punchy flair . . . a lively page-turner
*Independent.ie*