Alan Burgess (1 February 1915 – 10 April 1998) was an English Royal Air Force pilot and author who wrote several biographical and non-fiction books between the 1950s and the 1970s. He wrote biographies of Gladys Aylward,[1] and Flora Sandes,[2] and co-wrote Ingrid Bergman's autobiography.[3] Bergman played Gladys Aylward in the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness based on Burgess's biography.

Alan Burgess
Born(1915-02-01)1 February 1915
Birmingham, England
Died10 April 1998(1998-04-10) (aged 83)
England
OccupationAuthor

Having served in the Royal Air Force during World War II,[4] Burgess went on to write The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape,[5] the story of "The Great Escape".

Works

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Novels

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  • Alan Burgess (1968). The Word for Love. Dutton.

Non-fiction

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Biographies
History

Adaptations

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References

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  1. ^ The Small Woman (1957)
  2. ^ The Lovely Sergeant (1963)
  3. ^ Ingrid Bergman: My Story (1972).
  4. ^ Escaping a Nazi Prison Camp
  5. ^ Burgess (1990).
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