{"product_id":"on-the-run-graeme-kent-9781849545709","title":"On the Run: Deserters Through the Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere have been many books written about valor in battle. This is not one of them. On the contrary, \u003ci\u003eOn The Run\u003c\/i\u003e deals entirely with those men and women who, over thousands of years, have departed with alacrity and for multifarious reasons from life in the armed forces. For as long as there have been wars there have been those who have fled, sometimes precipitously, from the cannon's roar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating history of deserters and desertion, from the beginning of recorded time to the present day, details many of those characters who, for a multitude of often complex reasons, have gone absent without leave. Among their number are poets and pugilists, thieves and thugs, lovers and lunatics, princes and politicians, comedians and conspirators, film stars and fanatics, and even a Pope, all brought together by the simple fact that at one time or another they went on the run. Covering thousands of years in time and over forty different countries, this extraordinary book, the first of its kind, presents a fascinating anecdotal history of perhaps the most controversial and emotive subject in war, in this and any other age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraeme Kent\u003c\/b\u003e is a former BBC producer and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Strongest Men on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Graeme Kent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849545707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849545709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Robson Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Graeme Kent","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659517899007,"sku":"9781849545709","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-run-graeme-kent-9781849545709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}