Description
Book SynopsisA daring behind-enemy-lines mission from the author of A Time of Gifts and The Broken Road, who was once described by the BBC as 'a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene'.
Trade ReviewIt takes some chutzpah to kidnap a German general - and serious presence of mind to get away with it. Paddy, the Special Operations Executive commander of a group of 11 Cretan andartes, or guerrilla fighters, together with his second-in-command Captain William Stanley Moss, had excessive stores of both . . .
Abducting a General . . . is the work of a mature man, anxious to pay proper tribute to the Cretans who were the backbone of the resistance and ran by far the greatest risks. His SOE reports, which run to 90 pages here, provide
gripping cinematic portraits of Leigh Fermor the soldier * The Spectator *
Beautifully written . . .
Fermor's love of Crete and scholarly knowledge of the Classics exude from the pages * The Times *
As a pure adventure story . . . it is
hard to beat * Financial Times *
Superb . . . Leigh Fermor's many fans will find plenty of the old master's fizz in this resurrected work . . .
irresistible * Scotsman *
Paddy's vividly idiomatic reports
irresistibly take us in to the skulduggery and derring-do . . . a wonderful story * Jan Morris, Literary Review *
The late, great Pagrick Leigh Fermor, described as a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene, first became famous in 1944 for his daring kidnap of high-ranking German general . . .
Afficionados of the tale were spoilt this year * Daily Express *
Gripping buccaneering of the old school * Sun *
Paddy was the Byron of our time * Standpoint *
A
riveting first-hand account * Good Book Guide *
Abducting a General is filled with the same rich exuberant prose [as his trilogy] and fulfils its objective as portraying the Cretan people as the true heroes of the resistance * TLS *
What shines through in Leigh Fermor's account is his connection to and respect and admiration for the spirit of the Cretan people * Daily Mail *
A glorious first-hand account of one of the great adventures of the Second World War * Gentleman's Journal *
