Tunnel 29
- Author Helena Merriman
- Narrator Helena Merriman
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date 5 August 2021
- Run Time 9 hours and 33 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Espionage and secret services, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival.
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What to expect
'Combining the fun of a thriller that we know will end happily with grim perspective on history and tyranny... stunning' New Yorker
'Reminiscent of a savvy Netflix block buster series' Evening Standard
'A truly exciting yarn... creates a sense for the listener of being right there in the tunnel, experiencing the dangers.' Observer
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The true story of the most remarkable escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall, from the creator of the acclaimed BBC podcast.
He's just escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes.
Now, he decides to tunnel back in.
It's summer, 1962, and Joachim Rudolph, a student, is digging a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin - dozens of men, women and children; all willing to risk everything to escape.
From the award-winning creator of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 podcast, Tunnel 29 is the true story of the most remarkable escape tunnel dug under the Berlin Wall. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with the survivors, and thousands of pages of Stasi documents, Helena Merriman brilliantly reveals the stranger-than-fiction story of the ingenious group of student-diggers, the glamorous red-haired messenger, the American News network which films the escape, and the Stasi spy who betrays it. For what Joachim doesn't know as he burrows closer to East Germany, is that the escape operation has been infiltrated. As the escapees prepare to crawl through the cold, wet darkness, above them, the Stasi are closing in.
Tunnel 29 is about what happens when people lose their freedom - and how some will do anything to win it back.
(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
| Author | Helena Merriman |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Helena Merriman |
| Duration | 9 hours and 33 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781529334005 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Genre | Espionage and secret services, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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