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Operation Pimento
A secret mission, a sole survivor, an epic escape
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August 1943: Adam Hart's great-grandfather Frank Griffiths is the only survivor of Operation Pimento, a secret World War 2 mission to disrupt supply lines from Italy into Nazi-occupied France. Though seriously injured, Frank embarks on a perilous, 1,200-mile, 108-day escape across France, Switzerland, and Spain. August...
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'An affectionate and often audacious tale of an unsung WW2 hero' ANTHONY HOROWITZ
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August 1943: Adam Hart's great-grandfather Frank Griffiths is the only survivor of Operation Pimento, a secret World War 2 mission to disrupt supply lines from Italy into Nazi-occupied France.
Though seriously injured, Frank embarks on a perilous, 1,200-mile, 108-day escape across France, Switzerland, and Spain.
August 2022: Adam Hart retraces his great-grandfather's epic journey, meeting descendants of people who risked their lives to help Frank, while learning much about his own powers of endurance.
Acclaimed by Andy McNab as "A wartime classic", Operation Pimento is a vivid account of a young man's quest to discover more about a man he had never met but always knew to be a hero.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399740173
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Paperback
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Adam Hart is a writer and historian from Pembrokeshire in South West Wales. While training to be a journalist at Cardiff University, Adam won a travel bursary to retrace his great-grandfather's escape in World War 2, inspiring this book. He has also written for The Times and Telegraph, appeared on the Antiques Roadshow and ITV Evening News and has spoken on Radio 4 and Times Radio. Operation Pimento is his first book.
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