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19th May 1944
And finally the full story becomes major, even front page, news in Britain. Mirror, Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Express all report the kidnap – often alongside the major battles happening in Italy…
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Patrick Leigh Fermor 
Fantastic, it could so easily have gone horribly wrong and yet it didn’t. Such bravery.