Difference between revisions of "Top Ten Autobiographies 2014"
From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to search (Created page with "__NOTOC__ Autobiographies sometimes seem to be dominated by sportsmen with an axe to grind and a pension to fund. Our top ten for 2014 are rather more engaging, with the occa...") |
|||
| Line 91: | Line 91: | ||
|genre=Autobiography | |genre=Autobiography | ||
|summary= ''The Last Escaper'' opens differently to many of the great escape biographies that were released soon after the war as it is told some 70 years later. Peter Tunstall was an RAF pilot who was shot down and spent many years as a Prisoner Of War across occupied Europe, including in Colditz. He lived through the war, but also lived through many decades of peace. Will these years of the relative quiet life lesson the tales of bravery and dare doing of the war? Of course not! | |summary= ''The Last Escaper'' opens differently to many of the great escape biographies that were released soon after the war as it is told some 70 years later. Peter Tunstall was an RAF pilot who was shot down and spent many years as a Prisoner Of War across occupied Europe, including in Colditz. He lived through the war, but also lived through many decades of peace. Will these years of the relative quiet life lesson the tales of bravery and dare doing of the war? Of course not! | ||
| − | |amazonuk=<amazonuk></amazonuk> | + | |amazonuk=<amazonuk>071564923X</amazonuk> |
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 10:35, 3 November 2014
Autobiographies sometimes seem to be dominated by sportsmen with an axe to grind and a pension to fund. Our top ten for 2014 are rather more engaging, with the occasional big name, but far more from people who simply have a very good story to tell.
Comments
Like to comment on this review?
Just send us an email and we'll put the best up on the site.
