The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell

A Sunday Times bestseller, the real story behind the mastermind of the most famous breakout in history-The Great Escape.

While the most famous images from the 1963 film The Great Escape include either a motorcycle or a ball-but definitely Steve McQueen-Richard Attenborough played the part of "Big X," the British mastermind behind the greatest escape in history. Like the subject of the film, "Big X" was a real person. Roger Bushell was the mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III...