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The Ariadne Objective: The Underground War to Rescue Crete from the Nazis
by Davis, Wes
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0307460134
- ISBN 13
- 9780307460134
- Seller
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WESTBANK, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Other than a small mark on the lower text block, this is an extremely tight and unmarked copy-" A committed band of partisans was a thorn in the side of the German occupiers of Crete from May 1941, with an unlikely group of British spies organizing, orchestrating and supplying them. This book tells the story of the operatives, including future travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor, John Pendlebury, and Xan Fielding, who lived in the Cretan mountains for years conducting sabotage operations culminating in the abduction of the German commanding officer." About the Author: "WES DAVIS served for two years as an assistant to the director of excavations at Kavousi in Eastern Crete, not far from the plateau where Patrick Leigh Fermor parachuted onto the island during WWII. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Princeton University and is a former assistant professor of English at Yale University. Editor of the Harvard University Press Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry, he has written for publications that include the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Nation."
Synopsis
WES DAVIS served for two years as an assistant to the director of excavations at Kavousi in Eastern Crete, not far from the plateau where Patrick Leigh Fermor parachuted onto the island during WWII. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Princeton University and is a former assistant professor of English at Yale University. Editor of the Harvard University Press Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry , he has written for publications that include the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal and The Nation .
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18173
- Title
- The Ariadne Objective: The Underground War to Rescue Crete from the Nazis
- Author
- Davis, Wes
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307460134
- ISBN 13
- 9780307460134
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8 vo
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