Title: Gripping, but not true at all....
Product review: I was intrigued by this story of a Polish officer taken prisoner by the Russians in 1939 and his amazing journey to freedom by sheer determination and willpower.The book is well written and gripping. It makes the reader appreciate what a human being is actually capable of under extreme conditions.The only problem of this "true story" is that it is not true at all. Documents surfaced after the fall of the Soviet Union demonstrate that the author was actually liberated by the Soviets a few years after being captured, and transported to a camp in Iran. The escape, as described, simply never happened.This information was published by the BBC after his death, but it is a shame that he falsely claimed having lived through this ordeal, most likely for profit.It is a good read nonetheless, but to me, it was a major letdown, mainly because the title claims "The TRUE story....."
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