ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT

by W. Stanley Moss ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 22, 1950

Written at the time (1944) but impossible then of publication because of censorship, this is the diary of one of the members of a kidnapping ""gang"" whose aim was to adduct General Kreipe, Commander of the German forces on Crete. Treating it like a school-boy adventure, the account tells of the attempts at landing, the briefing and plotting for the event, the personalities of their local in the near-calls of danger as they escaped German discovery, the success of their operation --and the flight with their prisoner (who slept well although he didn't always appear to his best advantage) to Cairo, via ship and plane. Quite a dash to this with the excitement handled in the best British offhand tradition.

Pub Date: Aug. 22, 1950

ISBN: 1589880668

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1950

Categories: NONFICTION