{"product_id":"ill-met-by-moonlight-w-stanley-moss-9781589880665","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Stanley Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589880668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589880665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"W. Stanley Moss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996348743935,"sku":"9781589880665","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a21fe071-9ee5-4d60-9a9f-93379e3a2c6f.jpg?v=1683341175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ill-met-by-moonlight-w-stanley-moss-9781589880665","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}