Philip E. Orbanes

Monopoly X

How Top-Secret World War II Operations Used the Game of Monopoly to Help Allied POWs Escape, Conceal Spies, and Send Secret Codes

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Produktbeschreibung

An amazing true story of World War II that reveals how British and American military intelligence smuggled supplies and escape tools into German P.O.W. camps disguised as Monopoly game sets, enabling imprisoned servicemen to escape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper Collins Publ. USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 305g
• ISBN-13: 9780063449275
• ISBN-10: 0063449277
• Artikelnr.: 73396010

Autorenporträt

Philip E. Orbanes is an American author, former president of Winning Moves Games, and game historian. Prior to founding Winning Moves Games, he worked as a Senior Vice President for Research and Development at Parker Brothers. He is considered the foremost expert on the history of Monopoly, writing several books about the board game, including Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game—And How it Got that Way. He lives in Massachusetts.