Freedom the Spur is a thrilling real-life account of a British gunner’s experience in France during the Second World War. In 1940 Gordon Instone was captured in Calais and forced to join a column marching towards Germany. Instone managed to escape and find some French patriots who were willing to help him. All in all, Gordon Instone travelled 900 miles across France on foot, facing recapture more than once. He spent time in Paris shortly after it had fallen to the Germans. He finally made it to Spain, where he was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Spanish Civil War. As well as being a perilous tale of true adventure, ‘Freedom the Spur’ paints a unique and vivid picture of conditions in France under the Nazi Occupation. Published by Burke, 1953. First edition A clean copy in good condition. With dust jacket.