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W. Stanley
A British soldier, adventurer, and writer, he is best remembered for a daring World War II mission in Crete that later became the basis for his most famous book. His life mixed real wartime action with vivid storytelling, giving his work the pace of a thriller and the detail of firsthand experience.
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Instruction for Using a Slide Rule
by W. Stanley
About the author
Born in 1921, he served with the British Army during the Second World War and took part in the audacious 1944 abduction of German General Heinrich Kreipe on Crete. That operation became the subject of Ill Met by Moonlight, the book most closely linked with his name.
His writing draws much of its energy from lived experience. Alongside his military service, he was known as an adventurer as well as an author, and that background gives his books a direct, fast-moving quality.
For listeners who enjoy true stories of wartime courage, espionage, and unusual lives, his work offers both excitement and a strong sense of place.