ISBN: 9780307760647

In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist camps inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, forty-one, defied the traditions of her small village… Mehr…

In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist camps inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, forty-one, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange for the escape of her three daughters and her son, Nicola. For that act, she was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in cold blood.Nicholas Gage joined his father in Massachusetts at the age of nine and grew up to become a top New York Times investigative reporter, honing his skills with one thought in mind: to return to Greece and uncover the one story he cared about most: the story of his mother.Eleni takes you into the heart a village destroyed in the name of ideals and into the soul of a truly heroic woman. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Random House Publishing Group Digital >16<

2010, ISBN: 9780307760647

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), &quot;A devoted and brilliant achievement.&quot; The New York Review of BooksIn 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent t… Mehr…

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), &quot;A devoted and brilliant achievement.&quot; The New York Review of BooksIn 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist &quot;camps&quot; behind the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, 41, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange for the escape of her three daughters and her son, Nicola. For that act, she was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in cold blood. Nicholas Gage joined his father in Massachusetts at the age of nine and grew up to be a top investigative reporter for the New York Times. And finally he returned to Greece to uncover the story he cared about most -- the story of his mother's heroic life and tragic death. [PU: Random House Publishing Group], Seiten: 480, Random House Publishing Group, 2010<

ISBN: 9780307760647

A devoted and brilliant achievement. The New York Review of BooksIn 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist camps behind the Iron Curtain. Eleni Ga… Mehr…

A devoted and brilliant achievement. The New York Review of BooksIn 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist camps behind the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, 41, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange for the escape of her three daughters and her son, Nicola. For that act, she was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in cold blood. Nicholas Gage joined his father in Massachusetts at the age of nine and grew up to be a top investigative reporter for the New York Times. And finally he returned to Greece to uncover the story he cared about most -- the story of his mother's heroic life and tragic death. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Random House Publishing Group Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780307760647

A son's quest to avenge his mother's murder.In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil… Mehr…

A son's quest to avenge his mother's murder.In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil War. Her crime had been to help her children escape from the Communist guerrillas who occupied their village. Her son, Nicholas Gage, was then eight years old. Eleni is the story of his obsessive and harrowing reconstruction of his mother's life and death and his pursuit of his mother's killer. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Random House Publishing Group Digital >16<

2010, ISBN: 9780307760647

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