Eleni - Softcover
This is the biography of a woman who was arrested, tortured and shot in 1948 because she had helped her children to escape the Communist guerrillas during the Greek Civil War. Nicholas Gage, then aged eight eventually reached America where he became one of the New York Times' best investigative reporters.He returned to Greece as its chief correspondent in 1977, where he reconstructed his mother's life and death. He is the author of two novels and of "Hellas: A Portrait of Greece". He co-produced the film "Eleni" directed by Peter Yates.
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‘Not only a son’s poignant memorial to his dead mother but an important work of history’ Observer
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- PublisherHarvill Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0002720191
- ISBN 13 9780002720199
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- Number of pages480
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