I Was A Stranger

Badly Wounded At The Battle Of Arnhem, And Then Spirited From His Hospital Bed By The Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett Spent The Winter Of 1944 In Nazi-occupied Holland, Hidden By A Dutch Family, At Great Risk To Their Own Lives, In A House A Stone's Throw From A German Military Police Billet. After Four Months In Hiding, Hackett Was At Last Well Enough To Strap A Battered Suitcase To An Ancient Bicycle And Set Out On A High Adventure Which Would, He Hoped, Lead Him To Freedom.