{"product_id":"the-long-road-home-an-account-of-the-authors-experiences-as-a-prisoner-of-war-in-the-hands-of-the-germans-during-the-second-world-war-memoirs-from-world-war-two","title":"The Long Road Home: An account of the author's experiences as a prisoner-of-war in the hands of the Germans during the Second World War (Memoirs from World War Two)","description":"The honest account of one prisoner-of-war’s struggle to survive through five years of Nazi imprisonment. An essential book for readers of Horace Greasley, Alistair Urquhart and Heather Morris.\n\nOn a cold May morning in 1940, Adrian Vincent arrived in France with his battalion.\n\nHis war didn’t last long.\n\nWithin five days the Siege of Calais was over and nearly all his comrades were killed, wounded or, like him, taken prisoner.\n\nAfter a brutal journey across the breadth of Germany, Vincent and his fellow survivors began their life in Stalag VIIIB, set to work in terrible conditions down a Polish mine.\n\nFor the next five years they waged a war not against enemy soldiers, but instead versus monotony, disease, cruelty, starvation and hopelessness.\n\n“The most honest prisoner-of-war story I have read in the last ten years.” Leicester Mercury\n\n“Mr. Vincent has the admirable intention of entertaining the reader, and this he does very successfully. His style is deft and concise. He has a nice wit and his characters emerge as life-like and life-size figures” Times Literary Supplement\n\n“Vincent tells his story with humour, sympathy and observation.” The Sphere\n\nThe Long Road Home is a remarkably truthful memoir of what it was like to be a prisoner during the Second World War. Vincent does not portray himself or his comrades as heroes, but instead what they really were: survivors.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1913518191\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1913518191.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Vincent, Adrian\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43337925558333,"sku":"BVV.1913518191.A","price":11.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1913518191-0.jpg?v=1783899633","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-long-road-home-an-account-of-the-authors-experiences-as-a-prisoner-of-war-in-the-hands-of-the-germans-during-the-second-world-war-memoirs-from-world-war-two","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}