By Moonlight.
Robert Hale Limited, (1958)
by Churchill, Peter.
Robert Hale Limited, (1958). Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 188 pp. Near-Fine, with former-owner bookplate and darkened endpapers; in a Near-Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: By Moonlight is a novel dealing with the secret night missions of the Tempsford Squadron to the French Resistance. Its main setting is the Plateau de Glieres, near Lake Annecy, where one of the most famous Maquis of France fought a pitched battle – 500 strong – against 10,000 fully-equipped Germans. The story of this brave company now appears in print for the first time in England. Their daily life, training and ordeals campaigning in winter against the French Militia – four times superior in numbers – and the real enemy – twenty times their number – is here given in detail. Captain Peter Churchill was twice dropped by moonlight over France by the Tempsford Squadron and was the first British officer to discover and arm the Maquis of Glieres. This, together with his dealings with the Secret Army of Faverges and considerable experience of the Gestapo has enabled him to give complete authenticity to the story. (Inventory #: 6613fd)