Reminding the reader of escapes by Charles II, Napolean and by Winston Churchill in the Boer War, this volume then describes 18 escapes by Allied troops, German and Japanese and the tortuous, treacherous and traumatic routes to safety through enemy-occupied territory. Stories include the Cockleshell Heroes, the Scarlet Pimpernel and secret routes through Rome, the Vatican Ratlines and the traitors who betrayed the escapers.