Simple maths would seem to suggest that the inhospitable terrain took a toll on the escapees; the story rewinds to recount a tale of incredible bravery and sacrifice.

He pulls the group together to recount a tale of hunting elephants.

No medieval references to the legend have been found; the first texts that recount his tale date from the sixteenth century.

Islanders recount their tales of how they and their ancestors moved against the occupiers — acts of defiance for which some lost their lives.

Yet despite recounting this tale, there he was believing that his own book, the very one that told this story, would be completed much faster than those of his colleagues.