A memoir from the Spanish translator of Patrick Leigh Fermor's books, which describes how she visited his house in Greece for the first time in 2009, and formed a friendship which lasted until his death in 2011. Ties in with the 70th anniversary of Fermor's kidnapping of the German General Kreipe from Crete.
In 2009 Dolores Payas, Spanish translator of several of Patrick Leigh Fermor's books, visited her subject in his house in Greece for the first time. Out of this first encounter emerged a friendship that lasted until the writer's death in 2011.
Introduction Καρδαμύλη (Kardamili) Λεβεντειά (Of gallantry and grace) Τα Βιβλιά (The Books) Kings, queens, and a couple of duchesses Ελπίδα (Elpida) Στο σπίτι (At home) Φιλοτιμό (On codes of honour) Το παλικάρι (A valiant man) Τέλος (The End) Biographical Appendix