{"product_id":"ill-met-by-moonlight","title":"Ill Met by Moonlight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIll Met By Moonlight\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"--\u003cb\u003ePatrick Leigh Fermor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A twin masterpiece of action and narrative.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpectator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] exciting account of a feat which demanded an extreme of daring and determination.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2011 Paul Dry Books edition includes an Afterword by Patrick Leigh Fermor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW. Stanley Moss\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA War of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, Moss's sequel to \u003ci\u003eIll Met By Moonlight\u003c\/i\u003e--a rousing account of his World War II adventures as an agent in Crete, Macedonia, and the Siamese jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Dry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944120189159,"sku":"9781589880665","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_2fab510d-ccd8-4a23-a28a-3ef701a933b1.jpg?v=1775353084","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/ill-met-by-moonlight","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}