| Description |
xxix, 206 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : John Murray, 2014. |
| Summary |
"One of the most daring feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's daring life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on April 26, 1944. Abducting a General, now published for the first time in the United States, is Leigh Fermor's own account of the kidnapping. Written in his inimitable prose, and introduced by the acclaimed Special Operations Executive historian Roderick Bailey, it is a glorious firsthand account of one of the great adventures of the Second World War. Also included in this book are Leigh Fermor's intelligence reports sent from caves deep within Crete, which bring the immediacy of SOE operations vividly alive, as well as the peril under which the SOE and Resistance were operating, and a guide to the journey that Kreipe took, from the abandonment of his car to the embarkation site, so that the modern visitor to Crete can relive this extraordinary trip"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
War Reports, Crete 1942-1945 -- Introduction -- Glossary of Pseudonyms -- Report No. 1 -- Report No. 2 -- Report No. 3 -- Report No. 4 -- Report No. 5 -- Report No. 6 -- Report No. 7 -- Report No. 8 -- Report No. 9 -- A Guide to the Abduction Route. |
| Subject |
Kreipe, Karl -- Kidnapping, 1944.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Greece -- Crete.
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Fermor, Patrick Leigh.
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Fermor, Patrick Leigh -- Travel -- Greece -- Crete.
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Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Subject |
Fermor, Patrick Leigh. (OCoLC)fst00008877
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Kreipe, Karl. (OCoLC)fst00411700
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Great Britain. Special Operations Executive. (OCoLC)fst00535600
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Kidnapping. (OCoLC)fst00987322
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Secret service. (OCoLC)fst01110661
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Soldiers. (OCoLC)fst01125233
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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Underground movements, War. (OCoLC)fst01355184
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Greece -- Crete.
(OCoLC)fst01207225
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| Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Abducting a general New York : New York Review Books, 2014 9781590179390 (DLC) 2015028467 |
| ISBN |
9781590179383 (alkaline paper) |
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1590179382 (alkaline paper) |
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9781590179390 (ebk) |
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