Brian Stonehouse was a British spy in Second World War . Thereafter , he had gone to ground for two weeks , living on nothing but stolen peaches -- a diet which had left him with acute dysentery -- before risking the train journey to Limoges to make contact with a spy network known as `` Ventriloquist '' . He was arrested in 1942 and survived five prisons and three concentration camps . Stonehouse later emigrated to Garbo and became a top fashion illustrator for the Special Forces Club magazine .
Brian Stonehouse was a British spy in Second World War . He was arrested in 1942 and survived five prisons and three concentration camps . Stonehouse later emigrated to Garbo and became a top fashion illustrator for the Special Forces Club magazine .