The first account of one of the greatest heroes of WWII, and a
gripping story of defiance, rebellion, sabotage and escape from a
Nazi death camp
Jack Fairweather is a British writer and former war reporter in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the author of A War of Choice, The Good War and The Volunteer. He splits his time between the UK and Vermont.
Totally gripping … A fascinating, revelatory and surreal WWII story
of almost incredible courage and unspeakable horror – how a Polish
resistance fighter helped reveal the secret of the final solution
from inside Auschwitz
*Simon Sebag Montefiore*
A remarkable book. Fairweather’s account is often harrowing; but it
is an important account of the suffering and tragedy in Nazi death
camps, told using many previously unpublished sources - and from a
new perspective.
*Peter Frankopan*
Well-researched, well-written and searingly memorable, Jack
Fairweather’s book reminds us of the capacity for nobility in the
human soul in times of unimaginable peril
*Andrew Roberts, bestselling author of ‘Churchill: Walking with
Destiny’*
Few books have enthralled, incensed and haunted me as “The
Volunteer” has done. There were times I felt compelled to set it
aside. There were others when hours of reading passed in what felt
like moments … This is a story that has long deserved a robust,
faithful telling, and he has delivered it
*Wall Street Journal*
An extraordinary story
*The Times*
Superbly written and breathtakingly researched … a story of
incalculable value delivered in the most compelling prose I have
read in a long time
*Sebastian Junger, #1 New York Times bestselling author and
award-winning journalist*
What distinguishes The Volunteer is Fairweather’s meticulous
attention to accuracy … if it sometimes seems as though there is
nothing left to uncover about the Holocaust, Fairweather’s gripping
book proves otherwise
*The Spectator*
Combines the verve of a thriller with the detailed evidence of the
sober, hideous truth
*The Telegraph*
A searing account … a fitting memorial to one of Poland’s greatest
war heroes and a shaming indictment of the western allies’ failure
to act
*Sunday Times*
A forceful narrative with unstoppable reading momentum, Fairweather
has created an insightful biography of a covert war hero and an
extraordinary contribution to the history of the Holocaust.
*Starred booklist review*
Witold Pilecki is one of the great—perhaps the greatest—unsung
heroes of the second world war ... Jack Fairweather's meticulous
and insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this
extraordinary life
*Economist*
An outstanding achievement ... a harrowing tale, revealing the
depths of human depravity, redeemed by the shining courage and
nobility of one of humanity's heroes.
*Patrick Bishop, bestselling author FIGHTER BOYS*
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