The True Story of the Andes Survivors

Alive

Reissuing with a fantastic new look to tie-in with the 40th anniversary of the Fairchild plane crash, this is the true story of what people will do when they are desperate to survive...

'One of the classic survival stories of all time - a story of the will to survive against impossible odds'

Read's powerful account of the crash and its aftermath...what lingers are the moments of ingenuity, and the resilience of the human spirit.

'It is inconceivable to me that this story could have been better told... a masterpiece of narrative'

'Thunderous entertainment...a classic human adventure...a narrative of terrific and enduring significance'

'A great book... an incredible saga. Read's accomplishment in recording a struggle both physical and spiritual is superb'

Piers Paul Read, the son of poet and art critic Sir Herbert Read, is the author of 13 novels and several short stories. He has received the Thomas More medal for distinguished contribution to Catholic literature for his book Alive. Read currently lives in London with his wife and four children.

LOST 
1972. A plane has crashed in the Andes mountains. The passengers are hopelessly lost in one of the most isolated places on earth. 
 
ABANDONED 
Almost three months later, two of the survivors, emaciated and frozen, reach the authorities and lead a rescue team to the remaining fourteen passengers. 
 
ALIVE 
The rescue team are shocked when they reach the crash-site. Food supplies have long gone, and the remains of the dead lie scattered among the fuselage. 
 
It is only too clear how these passengers have managed to stay alive ...

Piers Paul Read

Their Story

On Thursday August 8, 1963, fifteen masked men stopped the night train from Glasgow to London and robbed it of £2,500,000 (the equivalent of £41 million today). It was called the crime of the century, and the thieves were relentlessly pursued by Scotland Yard until half the gang were behind bars serving huge prison terms. But the story did not end there. First one, then another escaped in thrilling style and fled abroad, catching the world's imagination and making the Train Robbers into folk heroes. 
 
Thirteen years later, the gang combined to tell their story, and Piers Paul Read, author of the bestselling Alive, agreed to write it. This is the classic, complete and exclusive story of the twentieth-century's most audacious crime and its even more sensational aftermath.

Piers Paul Read

Books by Piers Paul Read

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