SAS Great Escapes Two: Six untold epic escapes made by World War Two heroes

REVIEW BY DAVID FLINTHAM Sequels can often be disappointing: they put additional pressure on the author to come up with something as good as the original, and create a sense of expectation among the readership which can be hard to live up to. In SAS Great Escapes Two, author Damien Lewis has bitten this particular bullet. As the title suggests, the book recounts six remarkable tales of survival by members of the Special Air Service during the Second World War. The first dates from the early days of the service in December 1941, when a seven-man unit crossed the Libyan Desert, returning to their base nine weeks after they had been listed as ‘Missing in Action’ and to all intents and pu