Pied Piper - Softcover

Nevil Shute

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345017331 ISBN 13: 9780345017338

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1969

Synopsis

Pied Piper is the gripping story of one elderly man's daring attempt to rescue a group of children during the Nazi invasion of France. It is the spring of 1940 and John Sidney Howard wants nothing more than to enjoy his fishing holiday in southern France in peace and quiet. However, the Nazi conquest of the Low Countries puts an end to that, and he is asked by friends to take their two children back to England. Crossing France with his young charges seems simple enough at first-until the Germans invade, rendering them fugitives. As Howard struggles to sneak across France, he picks up several more helpless children of various nationalities. They walk for miles in an endless river of refugees, strafed by German planes and hiding in barns at night. By the time Howard and his flock of little ones reach the Channel, his plan of escaping on a fishing boat has become utterly impossible, and in their final confrontation with the invaders, all their lives are at stake.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0345017331
• ISBN 13: 9780345017338
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246