Boldness Be My Friend
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Edition.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Some silverfish damage to back of DJ.
One of the most gripping true accounts to emerge from the chaos of the Second World War, Boldness Be My Friend chronicles the extraordinary story of Richard Pape, an RAF airman who refused to let captivity extinguish his indomitable spirit. Shot down over enemy territory and imprisoned in the notorious Stalag VIII-B prisoner-of-war camp, Pape mounted repeated, audacious escape attempts that reads as almost too incredible for fiction — yet every word is drawn from harrowing personal experience. His narrative unfolds with the breathless urgency of a thriller, capturing the brutal realities of life behind barbed wire, the camaraderie forged under duress, and the near-suicidal courage demanded of those who dared to resist. Pape writes with a visceral honesty and a soldier's directness, stripping away any romantic illusions of wartime heroism to present raw, unvarnished truth. Boldness Be My Friend stands as a landmark of wartime memoir literature — widely praised upon its first publication and endorsed by figures of considerable military distinction — and it remains a testament to the unconquerable nature of the human will. For readers who believe they know the full story of Allied resistance and survival, Pape's account is a stark, thrilling reminder that the most remarkable stories are often the ones that nearly went untold.
Author: Richard Pape
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, Elek Books Limited.
Genre: WW2
Edition: First Edition.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Some silverfish damage to back of DJ.
One of the most gripping true accounts to emerge from the chaos of the Second World War, Boldness Be My Friend chronicles the extraordinary story of Richard Pape, an RAF airman who refused to let captivity extinguish his indomitable spirit. Shot down over enemy territory and imprisoned in the notorious Stalag VIII-B prisoner-of-war camp, Pape mounted repeated, audacious escape attempts that reads as almost too incredible for fiction — yet every word is drawn from harrowing personal experience. His narrative unfolds with the breathless urgency of a thriller, capturing the brutal realities of life behind barbed wire, the camaraderie forged under duress, and the near-suicidal courage demanded of those who dared to resist. Pape writes with a visceral honesty and a soldier's directness, stripping away any romantic illusions of wartime heroism to present raw, unvarnished truth. Boldness Be My Friend stands as a landmark of wartime memoir literature — widely praised upon its first publication and endorsed by figures of considerable military distinction — and it remains a testament to the unconquerable nature of the human will. For readers who believe they know the full story of Allied resistance and survival, Pape's account is a stark, thrilling reminder that the most remarkable stories are often the ones that nearly went untold.