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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Wes DavisPublisher: Paul Dry Books Imprint: Paul Dry Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.40cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781589881884ISBN 10: 1589881885 Pages: 353 Publication Date: 14 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews"""Wes Davis' fast-paced tale of wartime sabotage reads more like an Ian Fleming thriller than a mere retelling of events."" ―Wall Street Journal ""Pendlebury and Fermor are just two of the extraordinary characters in Wes Davis' The Ariadne Objective. . . . The story unfolds with the rich characterization and perfectly calibrated suspense of a great novel. It can be hard at points to remember the book is actually a work of nonfiction."" ―Christian Science Monitor ""Exciting stuff, to be sure, but what really sets the book apart from the host of look-alikes is Davis's dedication to fleshing out the eccentricity of the main players. . . . It is surely is a good thing that we no longer associate war with adventure; if it were always as appealing as Davis has made it here, we would grow to love it too much."" ―The Daily Beast ""Fascinating."" ―New York Post ""Already thrilling in premise, Davis's execution of this previously untold war story is spot on especially when he colors in history with intricate descriptions of the exotic locale."" ―Publishers Weekly ""An exciting, tense narrative that unfolds like an espionage novel."" ―Booklist ""History both crucial and swashbuckling."" ―Library Journal ""An exciting, earnestly narrated World War II story."" ―Kirkus Reviews" Author InformationWes Davis is the author of American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs and editor of An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry. He served for two years as an assistant to the director of excavations at Kavousi in Eastern Crete, not far from the plateau where Patrick Leigh Fermor parachuted onto the island during WWII. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Princeton University and is a former assistant professor of English at Yale University. Davis has written for many publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Nation. He lives outside New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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