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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Slightly biased review from a distant relative,
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This review is from: The Tartan Pimpernel (Paperback)
The Rev Dr. Donald Caskie was not a novelist, but he wrote well and he lived a remarkable life. The first half of this book is the story of how he, as a leader of the Church of Scotland in occupied France, operated part of an "underground railway" to rescue Allied POWs and get them to safe ground. The situations he describes are scary, funny, and profound. The last half of the book takes a very different turn (spoiler). I am ordering the book now from Amazon because I haven't read it in a while, but I recall quite a few spiritual passages while he was in prison. He simply tried to live his life and be the man he was under terrible circumstances. Maybe 40 or more years ago there was a movie made of this book, and there was an announcement last year that the BBC would be doing a new mini-series of the story, but I haven't seen it yet.
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The author of this book was a personal friend of my mother. He was an absolute hero.What distressed me most was that the British Government only awarded him the O.B.E. The Queen was dishing out O.B.E's to pop stars and the like who did nothing to deserve that honour. A truly wonderful book. If there were more men like Donald Caskie the world would be a better place.
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The Tartan Pimpernel by Donald C. Caskie (Paperback - Oct. 2006)
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