A gallery of real escapes arranged by date, beginning with Aristomenes the Messenian, thrown into a Spartan pit for dead, and running through Marius, Richard of Normandy and the Count of Flanders to the prisoners of later centuries who tunnelled, climbed and bluffed their way out of fortresses with smuggled tools, rope and nerve.
Edited for English readers by Richard Whiteing, a fine book for anyone who loves true adventure in short episodes. Download the free EPUB.