- Gebundene Ausgabe: 352 Seiten
- Verlag: William Morrow; Auflage: 1st Edition (6. April 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0060096632
- ISBN-13: 978-0060096632
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,8 x 15,7 x 2,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.814.013 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Escape from the Nazis, a well-worked theme in film and fiction, has a new tale to surrender from real history. Washington Post editor Eisner found an intrepid and heroic one about a Belgian escape-and-evasion organization called the Comet Line. Many of its operatives were caught, but a few escaped; now in their eighties, they shared their reminiscences with Eisner, who dramatizes them in a present-tense account. The Comet Line rescued Allied pilots shot down over Belgium and smuggled them across France to Spain. An American B-17 pilot whom Eisner interviewed, Robert Grimes, supplies the example of how the Comet Line clandestinely spirited its charges past the Gestapo to the Pyrenees. After recounting the work's ensuing dramatic climax, Grimes' crossing of the mountains guided by local Basques, in which a fellow airman and a Comet Line operative died, Eisner ends his history with the exposure of, and justice meted to, a nefarious initiate of the Comet Line who was a Gestapo double agent. An inspiring World War II story filled with courage and steely nerves. Gilbert Taylor
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A real page-turner, this is the story of a group of resistance workers who secreted downed Allied fighter pilots through France and into safety in Spain during World War II.
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14 von 16 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
An excellent read for todays generation
12. April 2004
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This is a perfect book for the present situation the world is experiencing today. This really shows how men and women who appreciate freedom sacrifice and put themselves in harms way. Peter Eisner is to be complimented and this book should be in every school library and a must read for all.
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Expected a little bit more
4. August 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
This book is about 310 pages long, but unfortunately, it took about 80 pages to really get into it for me. Once there though, I rocketed through the rest of the story, and it was a genuinely interesting read. I read a lot of military history, and this tale of allied airmen escaping Europe during WW2 and the people who helped them is definitely a worthwhile read. A lot of research was done for the book says the author, but there is only one small map at the beginning to show in general terms where the aircrew and their rescuers travelled.
I would have thought that a story so close to the authors heart would have at least some photos of the main participants - during the war and afterwards maybe, as well as photos of the streets of Paris where safehouses existed or even of the mountains that the escapees had to cross to make it to safety.
I think that just by making a few notes it would be relatively easy to come up with a DIY tour of the Comet Line places of interest in Paris. Indeed, this is what the "Battlefield Europe" series of books (Published by Pen&Sword) do, and it's a great and easy to follow idea.
As mentioned by at least one other reviewer, the book could have used some photos to give the reader a clearer picture of people and events and this would have certainly added a star for me. It is however, an important book, about some little known, but certainly brave people.
I would have thought that a story so close to the authors heart would have at least some photos of the main participants - during the war and afterwards maybe, as well as photos of the streets of Paris where safehouses existed or even of the mountains that the escapees had to cross to make it to safety.
I think that just by making a few notes it would be relatively easy to come up with a DIY tour of the Comet Line places of interest in Paris. Indeed, this is what the "Battlefield Europe" series of books (Published by Pen&Sword) do, and it's a great and easy to follow idea.
As mentioned by at least one other reviewer, the book could have used some photos to give the reader a clearer picture of people and events and this would have certainly added a star for me. It is however, an important book, about some little known, but certainly brave people.
2 von 2 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
A story everyone should read
14. Januar 2008
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I first became aware of WW2 escape organizations and The Comet Line in particular from the excellent historical novel, NIGHT OF FLAMES, by Douglas W Jacobson. I was intrigued by the bravery and sacrifice made by these very ordinary people in Belgium (many of them young women and teenagers). THE FREEDOM LINE is an excellent historical account of this remarkable chapter in WW2 complete with detailed storeis of the Belgian agents as well as the Allied pilots who were rescued. It is an inspiration for everyone.
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