Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress PrisonNew · History, Nonfiction, World War II
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
2022 · 342 pages · Nonfiction
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New
★ 4.25 on Goodreads · 12K ratings
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2022). 4.25★ from 12K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers60 out of 100 · counts 50%+33
- Buzz26 out of 100 · counts 15%+5
Where it ranks
- #164 of the 220 history books we rank
- #361 of the 730 new books we rank
- #807 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2022)
Reads as
True story
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