My Unique Lifetime Association With Patrick Leigh Fermor

Although Many Accounts Have Been Written About Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Great Travel Writer, Prose Poet, Adventurer And Renaissance Man, Few Are More Deeply Personal And Direct Than This Narrative By Helias Doundoulakis, Author Of IWas Trained To Be ASpy, Books IIiThe German Presence Was Still Everywhere On The Island Of Crete In July, When Helias, ANineteenyearold Member Of His Brother George?s Famed Resistance Movement, Went To The Bus Station In Chania Porte To Greet Patrick Leigh Fermor then Known To The Greeks By His Code Name, ?mihalis?, Who Was Scheduled To Replace Captain Thomas Dunbabin Of The Special Operations Executive the ?soe?, The British Equivalent Of The United States Office Of Strategic Services the ?oss?, Formed To Assist Local Resistance Movements Fighting Against The Axis PowersFilled With ASpirit Of Adventure, Young Helias Hardly Knew What To Expect Of The New Captain, And Was Stunned When He Encountered The Charismatic Leigh Fermor, Whose Carefree Often Dangerous Approach To Life Excited And Intrigued The BoyWhat Followed Was AUnique Lifetime Friendship That Surpassed Both Men?s ExpectationsNow, In His Golden Years, The Author Pays Tribute To His Memories Of Leigh Fermor, And Commemorates ATime Long Gone, But Never ForgottenRead This Compelling Account, And Get To Know Two Very Remarkable Figures And The Heroes That Supported The Cause Of Freedom.
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