Xan Fielding (1918–1991)
Author of Hide and Seek: The Story of a Wartime Agent
About the Author
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Works by Xan Fielding
No Cloak, No Dagger 1 copy
Das Buch der Winde 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Fielding, Alexander Wallace
- Other names
- FIELDING, Alexander Wallace
FIELDING, Xan - Birthdate
- 1918-11-26
- Date of death
- 1991-08-19
- Burial location
- Crete
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- England
UK - Birthplace
- Ootacamund, India
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Places of residence
- Crete
Cornwall, England, UK
Nice, France - Education
- Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
University of Bonn
University of Munich - Occupations
- writer
translator
author
intelligence agent - Relationships
- Leigh Fermor, Patrick (fellow officer, friend)
Fielding, Daphne (wife) - Organizations
- Intelligence Corps (WWII)
- Awards and honors
- Distinguished Service Order
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Hide and seek : the story of a wartime agent by Xan Fielding
Personal account of SOE work in occupied Crete and France. Fielding is a fine writer, and his story is often gripping, but the principal virtue of this book is his descriptions of individual scenes, such as an unexpected encounter with the enemy or what goes through an operative’s head in the moments before a parachute drop. This is a book that fills in firsthand detail, it is not a broader history of the war in Crete. Recommended to be read alongside works by or about Fielding’s friend Patrick Leigh Fermor.… (more)
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- Rating
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