The Stronghold: Four Seasons in the White Mountains of Crete
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (599 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1589880854 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 298 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Praise for Xan Fielding and The Stronghold"A splendid new edition."—James Campbell, Times Literary Supplement"Xan Fielding was a gifted, many-sided, courageous and romantic figure, at the same time civilized and Bohemian, and his thoughtful cast of mind was leavened by humour, spontaneous gaiety, and a dash of recklessness. Almost any stretch of his life might be described as a picaresque interlude."—Patrick Leigh Fermor
Here's a Book about Crete That Comes with a Caveat The first and most important point that must be made about "The Stronghold" is that it is not a book for everyone. In fact, I would go further than that and say that it is book that will appeal to only a small subset of readers--mainly those who have visited Crete and have some appreciation for its geography and its people. I myself have visited Crete only once (and mainland Greece on one other occasion). When in Crete, for 2 weeks, I stayed on the coast, mainly in Chania (spelled 'Canea' in the book) and experienced the White Mountains only as a looming presen
Almost any stretch of his life might be described as a picaresque interlude."—Patrick Leigh FermorDuring the Second World War, Xan Fielding served for two years as an officer in the British Special Operations Executive on German-occupied Crete, where he ran an intelligence network in cooperation with the Cretan resistance movement.Seven years later, Fielding returned to Crete to spend a year traveling in the island's White Mountains (the "stronghold" of the title), revisiting sites of his wartime exploits and seeking out former comrades who had returned to their peacetime lives. His sojourn resulted in this