Project Gutenberg 2010-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 98 Evans, A. J. (Alfred John) 1889 Evans, Alfred John 22010258 The Escaping Club Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Escaping Club" by A. J. Evans is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds against the backdrop of World War I, centering on the experiences of English aviators captured as prisoners of war in Germany. The narrative explores themes of escape and resilience, primarily through the perspective of the main character and his fellow officers as they devise and attempt various plans to regain their freedom. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the harrowing circumstances of a British pilot who recounts the moments leading to his capture during the intense battle of the Somme in July 1916. After experiencing the chaos of combat and subsequently being shot down, he, along with his observer Long, finds themselves in the hands of German soldiers. The opening chapters detail their transfer through several camps, exploring the initial stages of captivity, their struggles to maintain hope, and the planning of escapes that occupy their days as they navigate a landscape rife with danger and uncertainty. Through clever execution and breath-taking tension, the story sets the stage for the overarching pursuit of freedom amidst the stark realities of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish Prisoner-of-war escapes D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 534230 534237 2024-09-14T11:58:25.661299 2023-09-15T06:56:45.710334 text/html text/html 535666 2010-11-23T14:08:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 982164 2010-11-23T14:08:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1077532 2024-09-14T11:58:33.639188 application/epub+zip 1080378 2024-09-14T11:58:27.711276 application/epub+zip 259046 2024-09-14T11:58:26.416261 application/epub+zip 1278098 2024-09-14T11:58:38.534189 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1232009 2024-09-14T11:58:32.731274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414857 2022-09-15T15:37:00.323212 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496955 496746 2024-09-14T11:58:24.945223 2023-09-15T06:56:45.080359 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 496737 2010-11-23T14:08:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 183809 2010-11-23T14:08:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 496809 2010-11-23T14:08:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 183699 2010-11-23T14:08:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20543 2024-09-14T11:58:38.676144 application/rdf+xml 12606 2024-09-14T11:58:26.776195 image/jpeg 3407 2024-09-14T11:58:26.594292 image/jpeg 1028273 2024-09-14T11:58:25.735219 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog