The Grand Escape

This is the true story of a group of British pilots determined to break out of a German POW camp called Holzminden.  Neal Bascomb briefly sketches out the backstories of individual players and previous foiled escape attempts. 

By the time they are all at Holzminden together, conditions are treacherous, and the prisoners are ruled by the ruthless commandant Niemeyer. 

Once we got to the actual escape itself, the story is engaging, but I really struggled to get into this one.  There are so many players involved, and some of them get full backstories and then drop out of the narrative.  I think there is definitely an audience for this.  It just isn't me.