Escape!

by Matthew Wright

During World War II many New Zealanders fell into enemy hands. Once they became prisoners many plotted their escapes but few succeeded.'Escape!', edited by Matthew Wright, recounts our escapers' tales in their own words.These are the stories of everyday New Zealanders - farmers, professional soldiers, a politician and a lawyer among them - who took huge risks in the pursuit of freedom.

270 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Matthew Wright has qualifications in music, history and anthropology, among other fields, holds postgraduate degrees in history, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College, London. He published his first short story in 1976 and since the early 1980s has worked extensively as a writer, professional historian, reviewer and journalist. His work includes more than 500 articles, academic papers and reviews, and over 50 books on topics from travel guides to biography, engineering, earthquakes, transport, military and social history. He has a particular interest in the sciences.