Description: The Escape Room: The Fantastic Story of the Underground Escape Lines in Nazi-Occupied Europe, and of Room 900, London, the Secret Office From Which They Were Run by Airey Neave published by Garden City, NY. Doubleday, 1970. 1st US Edition. Illustrated, map, Map Endpapers, index, footnotes. 319 pages. The Escape Room is the inside story of the underground escape lines in occupied Northwest Europe which brought back to Britain over 4,000 Allied servicemen during World War Two. CONTENTS: PREFACE PART I AFTER COLDITZ 1. Prisoner of War 2. Switzerland 1942 3. Louis Nouveau's Flat 4. The Great Central Hotel 5. Saturday at M.I.9 PART II THE OLEARY LINE 1. The Pioneers 2. The British Traitor 3. The Return of Whitney Straight 4. Sea Operations 5. The Price PART III THE COMET LINE 1. Dédée 2. The Maréchal Affair 3. A Winter of Disaster 4. Gibraltar Meeting PART IV WOMEN AGENTS 1. Mary Lindell 2. The Commandos 3. Trix PART V BRITTANY 1. Val Williams 2. "Shelburne" PART VI “MARATHON" 1. Before the Bombardment 2. The "Sherwood" Plan 3. The Race to the Forest PART VII OCCUPIED HOLLAND 1. After Arnhem 2. Pegasus I and II CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Book shows normal fairly minor sign of storage & age. Binding is intact but there is shelf wear. The dust jacket is worn and scuffed but it was wrapped by the previous owner with a clear cover to protect it from further damage. Pages have turned yellow from age. Foxing to paper commensurate with age. This book is also an ex-library book. It once belonged to the Fullerton Public Library. It has library markings, stamps, and an 'old school' pocket for the checkout card. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Topics: World War II, Prisoners of war, Military Intelligence, WWII
Book Title: The Escape Room
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Doubleday
Subject: Nonfiction, History, Biography, Military & War
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1970
Language: English
Illustrator: Airey Neave
Special Attributes: 1st US Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Ex-Library, Map Endpapers, Map of the Spanish Frontier Zone used by the Comet Escape Line
Personalized: No
Author: Airey Neave
Region: Europe
Genre: Biography, Personal Narrative
Subtopics: resistance, secret groups, Nazi Occupation
Topic: intelligence operations, agents, wartime espionage, MI9
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: The Second World War, 1939-1945
