The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
By: Margalit Fox
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who joined together to pull off one of the …
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12. The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
By: Margalit Fox
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Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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