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.
- ISBN10 0345301226
- ISBN13 9780345301222
- Publish Date 12 May 1984 (first published 12 April 1983)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 March 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Ballantine Books
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Language English