LONGEST WALK HOME (PB)

In 1940, Private Raymond Bailey, a 21-year-old Vauxhall motors apprentice, was captured in northern France, becoming a Nazi prisoner of war. But he wouldn't remain one for long... This is the incredible account of his daring 2,000 mile escape across Europe and over the Pyrenees, to the safety of British Gibraltar, and home in time for Christmas. Ray's memoir was written within a year or two of the events it describes, and despite his obvious writing talent it was lost for decades until it was discovered at auction in an unmarked box of WWII memorabilia.