Ill Met by Moonlight Contributor(s): Moss, W. Stanley (Author), Fermor, Patrick Leigh (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 1589880668 ISBN-13: 9781589880665 Publisher: Paul Dry Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Special Forces |
Dewey: 940.542 |
LCCN: 2010044193 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 7.9" (0.61 lbs) 212 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Mediterranean |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This amazing story is marvelously well told, in an exuberant, racing style that makes it impossible to lay the book aside once the first page is read.--San Francisco Chronicle Ill Met By Moonlight is the gripping account of the audacious World War II abduction of a German general from the island of Crete. British special forces officers W. Stanley Moss and Patrick Leigh Fermor, together with a small band of Cretan partisans, kidnapped the general, then evaded numerous German checkpoints and patrols for nearly three weeks as they maneuvered across the mountainous island to a rendezvous with the boat that finally whisked them away to Allied headquarters in Cairo. It was a mad adventure, and it came off. Moss recorded the whole escapade in a diary, which survives as a thrilling account of one of the most reckless and dramatic actions of the war.--Patrick Leigh Fermor A twin masterpiece of action and narrative.--Spectator An] exciting account of a feat which demanded an extreme of daring and determination.--London Times The 2011 Paul Dry Books edition includes an Afterword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. W. Stanley Moss was a World War II hero and later a best-selling author. He traveled extensively after the war, notably to Antarctica with a British Antarctic Expedition. Eventually he settled in Kingston, Jamaica. Paul Dry Books also publishes A War of Shadows, Moss's sequel to Ill Met By Moonlight--a rousing account of his World War II adventures as an agent in Crete, Macedonia, and the Siamese jungle. |