The Hamlyn Book of Great Escapes by Brenda Ralph Lewis
The Hamlyn Book of Great Escapes (Illustrated 1978 Hamlyn Escape Narratives in Dust Jacket)
Sixteen Famous True Escape Stories, Illustrated in Colour and Sepia, from Four Centuries of Daring
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Hamlyn Book of Great Escapes
- Author: Brenda Ralph Lewis
- Publisher: Hamlyn, London
- Publication Date: 1978
- ISBN-10: 060033161X
- Edition Details: First published 1978.
- Binding: Publisher's green cloth boards with a colour-illustrated dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Large illustrated quarto-size volume, with colour and sepia illustrations throughout.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Boards: The green cloth boards are clean and bright, with no visible marks. The bottom spine end appears slightly bumped or rubbed. Corners and edges are otherwise tidy.
- Interior: The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing or staining visible. The binding is tight. A faint pencil mark at the top right of the title page, apparently a price note, is the only marking seen.
- Provenance: Small pencil note at the top right of the title page, reading 'R10' (apparently a price note). No signature, bookplate or stamp.
- The Dust Jacket: Present. The colour-illustrated jacket is bright, with light shelf wear at most, and the edges are clean. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
First published by Hamlyn in London in 1978, The Hamlyn Book of Great Escapes gathers sixteen of the most inventive and exciting escape stories, drawn from about four centuries of history.
The accounts range from Mary Queen of Scots' flight from Lochleven Castle to the prison camp breakouts of the Second World War, including Colditz, and the rescue of Danish Jews to Sweden during the German occupation.
The book is lavishly illustrated in colour and sepia, with photographs of the people involved where available. It makes an attractive, jacketed copy for collectors of military history and true adventure.
Author Profile: Brenda Ralph Lewis
Brenda Ralph Lewis is a British writer of popular history whose specialisms are military history and ancient and modern civilisations, from the Second World War to the Vikings, the Crusades and Ancient Rome.
Her other titles include Battles of the Bible, Churchill: An Illustrated History, Women at War and The Hitler Youth, as well as the Dark History series, among them A Dark History: The Kings and Queens of Europe.
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