{"product_id":"9781589880665","title":"Ill Met By Moonlight","description":"\u003cp\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\/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.\"—Patrick Leigh Fermor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A twin masterpiece of action and narrative.\"— \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] exciting account of a feat which demanded an extreme of daring and determination.\"— \u003ci\u003eLondon Times\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dry, Paul Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056204202224,"sku":"9781589880665","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781589880665_p0.jpg?v=1763808445","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781589880665","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}