The Tunnels

<p><b>Read the incredible true story of the daring escapes from East Berlin.</b><br><br> <b>'A story with so much inherent drama.' The Guardian</b><br><br> <b>'One of the great untold stories of the Cold War.' Alex Kershaw author of Avenue of Spies</b> <br><b>_______________</b><br><br> In the summer of 1962 the year after the construction of the Berlin Wall a group of young West Germans risked prison Stasi torture and even death to liberate friends lovers and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels under the Wall.<br><br> As Greg Mitchell's riveting narrative unfolds we meet a host of extraordinary characters who demonstrate astonishing courage in the face of adversity: the legendary cyclist who became East Berlin's most wanted man; the tunneller who had already served four years in the East German gulag; the young East Berliner who escapes with her baby then marries one of the tunnellers; an engineer who would later help build the tunnel under the English Channel; and the Stasi informer who betrays them all.<br><br>Capturing the spirit of a divided Berlin and celebrating the subversive power of ordinary people in desperate circumstances <i>The Tunnels</i> is an exhilarating real-life thriller with themes that reverberate today.<br> <b>_________________</b><br><br> <b>'A stark reminder that barriers can never cut people off entirely but only succeed in driving them underground.' New York Times</b></p>