<b>A fine feat of storytelling . . .</b> <b>will surely become the last word on the subject</b>
- Patrick Bishop, Telegraph
<b>Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised</b> . . . <b>rich in humour and quirky detail </b>. . . <b>another compelling narrative</b>
- Clare Mulley, Spectator
<b>Nuanced and gripping </b>. . . <b>told with sensitivity and insight, with an eye for telling detail</b>
- Gerard DeGroot, The Times
<b>Fascinating</b>
The Sun
<b>Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat </b>
- Jane Thynne, The Tablet
<b>Entertaining yet objective and often moving</b>
Wall Street Journal
<b>Macintyre's genius has long been to excavate the nuance, subtlety and ambiguity beneath the myths he explores</b> . . . <b>remarkable</b>
- Matthew D'Ancona, Tortoise Media
<b>Another fine history </b>. . . His <b>unerring eye for the telling detail that can illuminate a greater story </b>is apparent in <i>Colditz</i>
- Ronan McGreevy, The Irish Times
Macintyre so <b>seamlessly fuses so many different accounts</b> that their compilation creates <b>something more profound than a simple escape yarn</b>: a biography of the prison itself and the world detainees built there
- Andrea Pitzer, Washington Post
<b>Macintyre recreates the daring escape stories with punchy flair . . . a lively page-turner</b>
- NJ McGarrigle, Independent.ie