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How brave he was at the age of only 20 to participate in one of the most daring escapes of history! It is clear that Sisir was thoroughly prepared for his momentous role. In Sisir Kumar's most dramatic narrative of the extraordinary events of that night, The Great Escape, he relates a conversation that he had with his uncle as they were driving away from Calcutta:"He opened serious conversation by referring to de Valera's escape and asked me if I knew about it. Fortunately I had looked up some of the famous escapes of history during the past month."
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