1987, John Murray, London, U.K. Hardcover title, 255 pages, vintage b&w photos throughout. A love story and a true life adventure. Christopher Portway was 17 when he joined the British Army in World War II. This valiant man was taken prisoner and eventually escaped from camps in Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia. During his adventures, he was befriended by a Czech family who housed and fed him. He fell in love with their daughter, Anna. When the war ended, he made numerous crossings of the Iron Curtain to find her and bring her back.