{"product_id":"where-the-hell-have-you-tom-carver-9781804193396","title":"Where the Hell Have You Been?: Monty, Italy and One Man's Incredible Escape","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary story of war-time heroism behind enemy lines from the stepson of Field Marshall Montgomery.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A terrific read\" \u003cb\u003eAndy McNab\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn November 1942, two nights after the Battle of El Alamein, a young British army officer was captured. As the Nazis deliberated about what to do with him, Richard Carver had particular reason to be afraid: unknown to anyone, he was the stepson of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, the Allied Commander who had just inflicted the first defeat on the Third Reich.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This gripping story tells of Richard's internment in a POW camp in northern Italy. Having decided to risk making his way back to Allied HQ in the south, he embarked on a grueling 500-mile journey through German-occupied territory, evading capture again and again and ultimately being saved by a family of brave Italians who jeopardized not just their own lives but those of an entire village to hide him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the winter of 1943, a year after he disappeared, he staggered back into Army HQ, to be greeted by his stepfather with the words, 'Where the hell have you been?' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a great adventure story - a reminder of a lost age, and of a generation forced to rise to extraordinary feats of valor in the service of a cause greater than themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Riveting and remarkable\" \u003cb\u003eBen Macintyre, author of \u003ci\u003eOperation Mincemeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This account is a gem. It reminds one of the gallantry and devotion to duty of a generation that has left us.\" \u003cb\u003ePatrick Cordingley, Commander of the Desert Rats, Iraq, 1991\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Hell Have You Been? \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a completely new way of seeing the prickly old warrior, Monty' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Carver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804193399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804193396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Short Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Tom Carver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47760907600127,"sku":"9781804193396","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66712ca7-dfb4-46ce-af64-f4511f985e63.jpg?v=1765514335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-the-hell-have-you-tom-carver-9781804193396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}