""The Cretan Runner" - a review.. " Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Jan 2018 10:47 p.m. PST |
"..this was a recommendation by Big Lee on his blog [clicky] and as I've always had an interest in the war in the Mediterranean, and have always wanted to go to Crete, I book marked it for a future read, and was more than happy to find I had been given it for Christmas… Fascinating book, dealing with the war time resistance on Crete.. George was a runner for the British SOE officers on Crete (Patrick Leigh Fermor [clicky] being probably the best known) and the book details life on the run and in hiding.. My assessment was it was a truly exhausting and scary existence.. food was short, they lived in caves, and all the time being hunted by the Germans assisted by (gratifyingly few it seemed to me) traitors and informers… Full review here
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