The Cretan character - warlike, proud, compulsively generous to a friend or stranger in need, ferociously unforgiving to an enemy or traitor, frugal day-by-day but prodigal in celebration - was, of course, strongly influenced by the landscape of dramatic contrasts in which the islanders lived.
Extrait de "D-Day et la bataille de Normandie" de Antony Beevor. Parution numérique le 25 novembre 2020.
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