
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-12-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

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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