{"product_id":"the-ariadne-objective-9780552170185","title":"The Ariadne Objective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the bleakest years of the Second World War when it appeared that nothing could slow the advance of the German army, Hitler set his sights on the Mediterranean island of Crete, the ideal staging ground for domination of the Middle East. But German command had not counted on the strength of the Cretan resistance or the eccentric band of British intelligence officers who would stand in their way, conducting audacious sabotage operations in the very shadow of the Nazi occupation force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ariadne Objective\u003c\/i\u003e tells the remarkable story of the secret war on Crete from the perspective of these amateur soldiers who found themselves serving because, as one of them put it, they had made ''the obsolete choice of Greek at school''. John Pendlebury, a swashbuckling archaeologist with a glass eye and a swordstick; Xan Fielding, a writer who would later produce the English translations of books like \u003ci\u003eBridge on the River Kwai\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Apes\u003c\/i\u003e; Sandy Rendel, a futu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exciting, fast-moving and crisply written adventure story… Highly recommended * The Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eWes Davis’s fast-paced tale of wartime sabotage reads more like an Ian Fleming thriller than a mere retelling of events * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eWhat really sets the book apart from the host of look-alikes is Davis’s dedication to fleshing out the eccentricity of the main players… It is surely a good thing that we no longer associate war with adventure; if it were always as appealing as Davis has made it here, we would grow to love it too much * Daily Beast *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884172489047,"sku":"9780552170185","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552170185.jpg?v=1722530770","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ariadne-objective-9780552170185","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}