{"product_id":"9781785908682-madness-of-courage","title":"The Madness of Courage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Exceptional Achievements of Gilbert Insall\u003cbr\u003eThe Madness of Courage describes how, shot down behind French lines, Group Captain Gilbert Insall ignored intensive German shelling in order to repair his aircraft overnight and return to base.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup Captain Gilbert Insall holdsa unique record: he is the only person to have both won a Victoria Cross andescaped successfully from a German prisoner of war camp during the First WorldWar. \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of Courage \u003c\/i\u003edescribes how, when forced down by enginedamage after destroying a German fighter, Gilbert ignored intensive shelling inorder to repair his aircraft and return to base. But a few weeks later, he wasshot down and captured. And thus began a distinguished career in prisonbreaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe tunnelled out of Heidelbergprison camp and later hid among boxes on a horse-drawn cart to get away fromCrefeld, each time being recaptured. Then, in Stroehen, Gilbert and severalcompanions concealed themselves in a claustrophobically small space they hadexcavated under the floor of the bathhouse. They remained there for seventeenhours, while a fruitless search for them was carried out, and eventuallyemerged and successfully reached Holland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeticulously told by Gilbert'sgreat-nephew, the critically acclaimed intelligence historian Tony Insall, \u003ci\u003eTheMadness of Courage \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping true story about a remarkable man at atime before the Geneva Convention was signed, when conditions for prisoners ofwar were often appalling and the British War Office did little to helpprisoners escape. Instead, Gilbert's family, assisted by French intelligence,gave him the support he needed to break out of captivity in an extraordinaryfeat of bravery, resilience and ingenuity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55141241225590,"sku":"9781785908682","price":21.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32385141.jpg?v=1737215117","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785908682-madness-of-courage","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}