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W. Stanley Moss


Born
in Yokohama, Japan
June 15, 1921

Died
August 09, 1965

Genre
Fiction, Memoir, Military History


Major Ivan William Stanley "Billy" Moss, MC was a British army officer in World War II, and later a successful writer, broadcaster, journalist and traveller. He served with the Coldstream Guards and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and is best known for the Kidnap of General Kreipe. He was a best-selling author in the 1950s, based both on his novels and books about his wartime service. ...more

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Ill Met by Moonlight
3.99 avg rating — 838 ratings — published 1950 — 51 editions
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A War of Shadows
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Daedalus Returned
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A Book of Strange Stories
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The Zombie of Alto Parana
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Gold is Where You Hide it: ...
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“Last night was beautiful, the sky filled with stars and the Milky Way looking like a scarf of sequins.”
― W. Stanley Moss, Ill Met by Moonlight
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