Books : Ill Met By Moonlight (Classics of War)
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by: W. Stanley Moss
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5421959
EAN: 9781580800600
ISBN: 1580800602
Label: Burford Books
Manufacturer: Burford Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: April 25, 1998
Publisher: Burford Books
Sales Rank: 1015663
Studio: Burford Books
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Product Description:
In 1944 British commando W. Stanley Moss hatches his most daring adventure of all: to kidnap the Nazi General Kriepe, commander of the Sevastopol Division in Crete, and spirit him back to British-occupied Egypt. This is his story.
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Rating:  - MOONSTRUCK!
'Courage, mes braves!' We've travelled this road before. But if there are any new recruits in the ranks, let me reassure them from the outset that once the title's been tackled (a clumsy Shakespearean reference), we're over the worst of it. Because the rest of this book is a rollicking read from start to finish, dealing as it does with the true story of the kidnap during WWII of the German General Kreipe by a group of Cretan partisans under the leadership of two British commandos, William Stanley ... Read More
Rating: - A Gentleman at War
W. Stanley Moss's World War II memoir, ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT is an exciting, thoughtful and surprisingly beautiful book. Most of it is taken directly from Moss's diary during a campaign in which he, Patrick Leigh-Fermor (Paddy) and a small band of Cretans kidnap the Nazi General Kreipe and abduct him to British-occupied Egypt. A great deal of the book tells of hiding in caves and slogging up and down mountains. But what made this story especially interesting for me was the character of the men involved. ... Read More
Rating: - Rip roaring wartime yarn...not yawn
I read this when I was, like, 10, in about 4 hours. That should be enough to suggest its page-turnability. I also read it on Crete while on holiday which was unsurpassable. Even if you head to Crete now, and read it there, i still did it first.
For the mature, thoughtfull reader, pair this with one of Michael Herzfeld's first two monographs about the place of the peasanttry in the cultural nation of Greece, and competing notions of masculinity bound up with these questions.
Rating: - Fun to Read True Life Adventure
This is a really fun to read book. Its about an actual behind the lines mission carried out by the author of this book. It is about a mission to capture a Nazi general and deliver him to captivity. The story of how they captured the general and then evaded the efforts of the German occupational forces to find them makes for thrilling reading. This is a book that is very hard to put down and as such is heartily recommended.
Rating: - You won't put it down once you start.
This book is a really fun read. It's all a bit mysterious, but it tells a classic tale of the British upper class at war. It's kind of a cross between "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Guns of Navarone", but with a lot less violence. Exactly what organization the author works for, and what context it all takes place in is lacking. But the chase across Crete and the author's insights into the locals kept me glued to my chair reading until I had read from front to back. See also the 1957 movie of the same name with ... Read More
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