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Seances, skis and secrets: an extraordinary WWI escape

Seances, skis and secrets: an extraordinary WWI escape

FromHistory Extra podcast


Seances, skis and secrets: an extraordinary WWI escape

FromHistory Extra podcast

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Sep 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Interned in a remote, forbidding prisoner of war camp at the height of the First World War, two British officers turned to an unlikely tool in their bid to escape – a ouija board. Margalit Fox, author of The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History, tells their story. (Ad) Margalit Fox is the author of The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History (Profile, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-confidence-men%2Fmargalit-fox%2F9781788162715
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Released:
Sep 6, 2021
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