{"product_id":"long-walk-1","title":"Long Walk","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I hope \u003ci\u003eThe Long Walk\u003c\/i\u003e will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves'\u003cbr\u003eSlavomir Rawicz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to twenty-five years in a gulag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a three-month journey in the dead of winter to Siberia, life in a Soviet labour camp meant enduring hunger, extreme cold, untreated wounds and illnesses and facing the daily risk of arbitrary execution. Realising that to remain meant almost certain death, Rawicz, along with six companions, escaped. In June 1941, they crossed the trans-Siberian railway and headed south, climbing into Tibet and freedom in British India nine months later, in March 1942, having travelled over four thousand miles on foot through some of the harshest regions in the world, including the Gobi Desert, Tibet and the Himalayas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1956, this is one of the greatest true stories of escape, adventure and survival against all odds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2010, a film, \u003ci\u003eThe Way Back\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the book, directed by six-time Academy Award-nominee Peter Weir (\u003ci\u003eMaster and Commander\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Truman Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Poets Society\u003c\/i\u003e) was released. It starred Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess and Ed Harris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226760761688,"sku":"9781845296445","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781845296445.jpg?v=1771917332","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/long-walk-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}