
THE GREAT ESCAPER: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell 'The mastermind behind The Great Escape' – The Times
SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
''This gripping biography... Pearson has done uncommonly well to unearth so much.'' (Max Hastings, Sunday Times)
Roger Bushell was ''Big X'', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape.
Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure trov...
SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
''This gripping biography... Pearson has done uncommonly well to unearth so much.'' (Max Hastings, Sunday Times)
Roger Bushell was ''Big X'', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape.
Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure trov...