{"product_id":"9781632861948","title":"Kidnap in Crete: The True Story of the Abduction of a Nazi General","description":"This is the story of how a small SOE unit led by Patrick Leigh Fermor kidnapped a German general on the Nazi-occupied island of Crete in 1944. For thirty-two days, they were chased across the mountains as they headed for the coast and a rendezvous with a Royal Navy launch waiting to spirit the general to Cairo. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rick Stroud, whose \u003ci\u003ePhantom Army of Alamein\u003c\/i\u003e won plaudits for its meticulous research and its lightness of touch in the telling, brings these same gifts to bear in this new project. From the adrenalin rush of the kidnapping, to the help provided by the Cretan partisans and people, he explains the overall context of Crete's role in World War II and reveals the devastating consequences of this mission for them all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e There have been other accounts, but \u003ci\u003eKidnap in Crete\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to draw on all the sources, notably those in Crete as well as SOE files and the accounts, letters, and private papers of its operatives in London and Edinburgh.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161526092016,"sku":"9781632861948","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632861948_p0.jpg?v=1763675053","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632861948","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}