A Crowd Is Not Company

Description

Journalist and broadcaster Robert Kee was an RAF bomber pilot in the Second World War. His plane was shot down over Nazi-occupied Holland, he was captured and spent three years and three months in a German POW camp. From the beginning he was intent on escape. After several false starts he finally made it. First published in 1947 as a novel, but now revealed to be an autobiography, A CROWD IS NOT COMPANY recounts Kee's experiences as a prisoner of war and describes in compelling detail his desperate journey across Poland - a journey that meant running the gauntlet of Nazism.

Robert Kee was born in 1919, has an Oxford degree and has been writing ever since he left the RAF. He worked as a journalist and is considered one of the great broadcasters of his generation, appearing for many years on both the BBC and ITV as reporter, interviewer and presenter. He was involved with many current affairs programmes including Panorama , ITN's First Report and Channel 4's Seven Days. He was awarded the BAFTA Richard Dimbleby Award in 1976.

His depiction of frightened, desperate men grappling for hope is touching and thought-provokling - BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH Robert Kee went on to have a distinguished career as a writer and in television, but this marvellous memoir may well be his finest acheivement. - OLDIE