The Long Road Home by Adrian Vincent

The Long Road Home by Adrian Vincent

The honest account of one prisoner-of-war's struggle to survive through five years of Nazi imprisonment. An essential book for readers of Horace Greasley, Alistair Urquhart and Heather Morris.

On a cold May morning in 1940, Adrian Vincent arrived in France with his battalion.

His war didn't last long.

Within five days the Siege of Calais was over and nearly all his comrades were killed, wounded or, like him, taken prisoner.

After a brutal journey across the breadth of Germany, Vincent and his fellow survivors began their life in Stalag VIIIB, set to work in terrible conditions down a Polish mine.

For the next five years they waged a war not against enemy soldiers, but instead versus monotony, disease, cruelty, starvation and hopelessness.

The most honest prisoner-of-war story I have read in the last ten years. Leicester Mercury

Mr. Vincent has the admirable intention of entertaining the reader, and this he does very successfully. His style is deft and concise. He has a nice wit and his characters emerge as life-like and life-size figures Times Literary Supplement

Vincent tells his story with humour, sympathy and observation. The Sphere

The Long Road Home is a remarkably truthful memoir of what it was like to be a prisoner during the Second World War. Vincent does not portray himself or his comrades as heroes, but instead what they really were: survivors.

Vincent, Adrian: - Adrian Vincent worked in Fleet Street for twenty-seven years, becoming managing editor of IPC's educational magazines. He is the author of many books on art and antiques, novels, and true crime.

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ISBN 13	9781913518196
ISBN 10	1913518191
Title	The Long Road Home
Author	Adrian Vincent
Series	Memoirs From World War Two
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sapere Books
Year published	2020-06-08
Number of pages	234
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