Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie
On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean. After an agonising delay, a young lieutenant finally bobbed to the surface and struggled aboard a life raft. So begins one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.
The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. As a boy, he turned to petty crime until he discovered a remarkable talent for running, which took him to the Berlin Olympics. But as war loomed, he joined up and was soon embroiled in the ferocious battle for the Pacific. Now Zamperini faced a journey of thousands of miles of open ocean on a failing raft, dogged by sharks, starvation and the enemy.
Driven to limits of endurance, Zamperini's fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would depend on the strength of his will...
Format: Paperback | 528 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20.9 x 13.4 x 3.3 | 630g -
Publication Date: 17 Nov 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: 4th Estate
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Illustrations note: b&w photos
Edition Number: 1
Edition Statement: Film Tie-in
ISBN10: 000810834X
ISBN13: 9780008108342
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some obvious damage to the cover including scuff marks and creasing, but no holes or tears. There is a lean to the spine. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing, but some minor wrinkling at the front of the book. No tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.