Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben Macintyre

Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle

Ben Macintyre

368 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative medium-paced
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Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle is ideal for readers who crave gripping, meticulously researched true stories of resilience and human complexity set against the high-stakes backdrop of World War II.

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In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their Nazi captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gone, unchallenged for 70 year...

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4.23
based on 643 reviews

Moods

informative: 82%

adventurous: 66%

inspiring: 46%

emotional: 35%

tense: 34%

dark: 32%

reflective: 24%

hopeful: 22%

sad: 20%

funny: 17%

challenging: 16%

mysterious: 3%

lighthearted: 1%


Pace

16% of readers chose fast
71% of readers chose medium
11% of readers chose slow
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