Hide and Seek by Xan Fielding. Introduced by Clare Mulley. Frontispiece and 12 pages of colour and black & white plates. Includes reproduction of SOE map of Crete, annotated by Paddy Leigh Fermor. Printed endpapers. Bound in cloth, printed with a design by Neil Gower. 232pp. 9½x6½in.
Hide and Seek is a first-hand account of SOE resistance in Crete, written by one of its most valuable operatives. A born rebel, Xan Fielding dreaded the rigidity of the army more than any physical danger. For him, SOE was the perfect fit. He infiltrated Crete in 1942, and was responsible for gathering intelligence from the western half of the island, while his lifelong friend and fellow Greek speaker Patrick Leigh Fermor covered the eastern side with George Psychoundakis, the ‘Cretan runner’, their go-between.
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