{"title":"Horace Greasley","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our Horace Greasley collection, where you'll discover gripping tales of resilience and bravery penned by the remarkable individual himself. One of the standout works in this category is \u003cem\u003eDo the Birds Still Sing in Hell?\u003c\/em\u003e, a memoir that offers a firsthand account of Horace Greasley's incredible experiences during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorace Greasley served as a British soldier and found himself captured by the Germans during the war. His memoirs highlight his daring escape from a prisoner of war camp not just once, but more than 200 times, each escape propelled by love and an unyielding spirit. This collection captures the essence of personal triumph amidst the backdrop of conflict and paints a vivid picture of hope and defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngage with Horace Greasley's extraordinary life and delve into the heartfelt stories he has left behind. Whether you're a fan of history, heroism, or human perseverance, this collection is bound to captivate and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"do-the-birds-still-sing-in-hell-by-horace-greasley-9781789461619","title":"Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorace 'Jim' Greasley was twenty years of age in the spring of 1939 when Adolf Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and later Poland. There had been whispers and murmurs of discontent from certain quarters, and the British government began to prepare for the inevitable war. After seven weeks of training with the 2nd\/5th Battalion Leicester, he found himself facing the might of the German army in a muddy field south of Cherbourg, in Northern France, with just thirty rounds of ammunition in his weapon pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorace's war didn't last long. He was taken prisoner on 25th May 1940 and forced to endure a ten-week march across France and Belgium en route to Holland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorace survived... barely. Food was scarce; he took nourishment from dandelion leaves, small insects, and occasionally a secret food package from a sympathetic villager, and drank rainwater from ditches. Many of his fellow comrades were not so fortunate. Falling by the side of the road through sheer exhaustion and malnourishment meant a bullet through the back of the head and the corpse left to rot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a three-day train journey without food and water, Horace found himself incarcerated in a prison camp in Poland. It was there he embarked on an incredible love affair with a German girl interpreting for his captors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe experienced the sweet taste of freedom each time he escaped to see her, yet incredibly he made his way back into the camp each time, sometimes two, three times every week. Horace broke out of the camp then crept back in again under the cover of darkness after his natural urges were fulfilled. He brought food back to his fellow prisoners to supplement their meagre rations. He broke out of the camp over two hundred times and towards the end of the war even managed to bring radio parts back in. The BBC news would be delivered daily to over 3,000 prisoners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an incredible tale of one man's adversity and defiance of the German nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDo the Birds Still Sing in Hell?\u003c\/em\u003e captures an astonishing story of resilience and love amidst the horrors of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46520627888364,"sku":"9781789461619","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3059443482825.jpg?v=1748996071"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/horace-greasley.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}