{"product_id":"where-the-hell-have-you-been-monty-italy-and-one-mans-incredible-escape","title":"Where the Hell Have You Been?: Monty, Italy and One Man's Incredible Escape","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary story of war-time heroism behind enemy lines from the stepson of Field Marshall Montgomery.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A terrific read\" \u003cb\u003eAndy McNab\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn November 1942, two nights after the Battle of El Alamein, a young British army officer was captured. As the Nazis deliberated about what to do with him, Richard Carver had particular reason to be afraid: unknown to anyone, he was the stepson of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, the Allied Commander who had just inflicted the first defeat on the Third Reich.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This gripping story tells of Richard's internment in a POW camp in northern Italy. Having decided to risk making his way back to Allied HQ in the south, he embarked on a grueling 500-mile journey through German-occupied territory, evading capture again and again and ultimately being saved by a family of brave Italians who jeopardized not just their own lives but those of an entire village to hide him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the winter of 1943, a year after he disappeared, he staggered back into Army HQ, to be greeted by his stepfather with the words, 'Where the hell have you been?' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a great adventure story - a reminder of a lost age, and of a generation forced to rise to extraordinary feats of valor in the service of a cause greater than themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Riveting and remarkable\" \u003cb\u003eBen Macintyre, author of \u003ci\u003eOperation Mincemeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This account is a gem. It reminds one of the gallantry and devotion to duty of a generation that has left us.\" \u003cb\u003ePatrick Cordingley, Commander of the Desert Rats, Iraq, 1991\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Hell Have You Been? \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a completely new way of seeing the prickly old warrior, Monty' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Short Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944101445863,"sku":"9781804193396","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_297283f8-ea0a-45f0-89f5-451d3d9bd0a3.jpg?v=1775352565","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/where-the-hell-have-you-been-monty-italy-and-one-mans-incredible-escape","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}