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Ill Met by Moonlight
W. Stanley Moss
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Description for Ill Met by Moonlight
Paperback. A great adventure story from World War II. The ideal follow-up read for fans of PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR: AN ADVENTURE. Also a classic film. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
NOW WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY W. STANLEY MOSS'S DAUGHTER GABRIELLA BULLOCK AND AN AFTERWORD BY PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR
Ill Met By Moonlight is the true story of one of the most hazardous missions of the Second World War. W. Stanley Moss is a young British officer who, along with Major Patrick Leigh Fermor, sets out in Nazi-occupied Crete to kidnap General Kreipe, Commander of the Sevastopool Division, and narrowly escaping the German manhunt, bring him off the island - a vital prisoner for British intelligence.
As an account of derring-do and wartime adventure, made into a classic film ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Cassell Military Paperbacks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780226231
SKU
V9781780226231
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99-99
About W. Stanley Moss
Ivan William 'Billy' Stanley Moss was a British army officer in the Second World War, and later a successful writer, broadcaster, journalist and traveller. He served with the Coldstream Guards and the Special Operations Executive (SOE). His and Patrick Leigh Fermor's activities as agents in Crete are recounted in his bestselling book Ill Met By Moonlight, first published in 1950 ... Read more
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