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Where the Hell Have You Been? Monty, Italy and One Man's Incredible Escape
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In November 1942, two nights after the Battle of El Alamein, a young British army officer was captured by German forces. As the Nazis deliberated about what to do with him and his peers, Richard Carver had particular reason to be afraid: unknown to anyone else, he was the stepson of Lt-Gen Bernard Montgomery, who had just inflicted the first serious land defeat on the Third Reich. This enthralling wartime story tells of Richard's internment in a POW camp in northern Italy the same made famous by Eric Newby and of his subsequent escape. Having decided on the high-risk strategy of making his way back to Allied HQ in the south, he embarked on a gruelling 500-mile journey through German-occupied territory, evading capture again and again and ultimately being saved by a family of brave Italian peasants who jeopardised not just their own lives but those of an entire village to hide him. In the winter of 1943, a year after he had disappeared, Carver staggered back into army HQ, gaunt and exhausted - to be greeted by a delighted but characteristically gruff Monty with the now infamous words: Where the hell have you been? This is a tale of great adventure and derring-do - a reminder of a lost age when, in the face of terrifying challenges, a generation rose to extraordinary feats of valour in the service of a cause greater than themselves.
*Signed by the author; pages yellowed.*
| Author | Tom Carver |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Short Books |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2009 |
| ISBN | 9781906021535 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Good |
| Dustjacket Condition | Very Good |
| Comments | Signed by the author; pages yellowed. |
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