Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor DSO OBE (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot. He played a prominent... 31 KB (3,244 words) - 19:57, 9 May 2024 |
Monsell, Lady Leigh Fermor, formerly Rayner (5 February 1912 – 4 June 2003) was an English photographer and wife of author Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. She was... 5 KB (631 words) - 08:39, 28 April 2024 |
The Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive is a collection of over 10,000 items of correspondence, literary manuscripts, articles and research papers, diaries, passports... 14 KB (1,736 words) - 13:11, 27 September 2023 |
occupied Crete in April 1944, he was abducted by British SOE officers Patrick Leigh Fermor and William Stanley Moss, with the support of the Cretan resistance... 9 KB (846 words) - 17:49, 15 April 2024 |
and traveller Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. Fermor was born in Peckham in south London, the eldest of six children born to Lewis Fermor and Maria (née James);... 9 KB (928 words) - 05:45, 26 July 2023 |
The operation was launched on 4 February 1944, when SOE officer Patrick Leigh Fermor landed in Crete with the intention of abducting notorious war criminal... 24 KB (3,273 words) - 13:42, 5 May 2024 |
island of Crete is occupied by the Nazis. British officers Major Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO (Dirk Bogarde) and Captain Bill Stanley Moss MC (David Oxley)... 13 KB (1,470 words) - 01:16, 9 April 2024 |
by British author Patrick Leigh Fermor. Published by John Murray when the author was 62, it is a memoir of the first part of Fermor's journey on foot across... 4 KB (432 words) - 15:21, 11 May 2024 |
The Broken Road (travel book) (redirect from The Broken Road (Leigh Fermor book)) The Broken Road (2013) is a travel book by British author Patrick Leigh Fermor. Published posthumously by John Murray, the book, edited and introduced... 3 KB (274 words) - 17:00, 8 July 2023 |