The Cretan Runner: His Story of the German Occupation
Psychoundakis, George
Publication Date |
2010 |
Publisher |
Folio Society, |
Binding |
Hardback |
Condition |
Fine copy in near fine slipcase |
SKU |
25384 |
Notes |
Very clean, bright and neat. |
Description
Hardback. First hand account of the Battle of Crete and the subsequent Nazi occupation and Cretan resistance in World War II. Second printing. xxv,221pp. Translation and introduction by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Notes by Patrick Leigh Fermor and Xan Fielding (both former SOE operatives in Crete). Black and white frontis photograph of George Psychoundakis. Two small selections of black and white plates. Maps to endpapers. Pictorial full cloth binding illustrated with an attractive period-style design, across both sides and the spine, by Neil Gower. Green slipcase.
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