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I can thoroughly recommend "This Way to Paradise" by Willard Manus. I'll let the back cover do the talking... 
"Willard Manus's memoir of the thirty-five years he and his Scottish wife and two children have spent in the Greek Island village of Lindos is one of the best books about Greece ever written. Its portraits of the villagers and of the foreigners living side by side with them - people such as the humorist S. J. Perleman, the Pink Floyd Band, the novelists Richard Hughes and Martha Gelhorn, among others - are vivid and memorable. Its description of how Lindos went from island backwater to artist's colony to Aegean mass tourist beauty spot is masterful and insightful..."
It was my pleasure to meet Willard Manus and his lovely wife, Mavis, in Lindos in June 2003.
Willard Manus's latest book tells the story of Ben Edgeworth, an eighteen year old American boy, and his remarkable dog Leka, as they sail among the Greek isles in a
catamaran built by Ben himself.
Although not specifically located in Lindos this book deserves to be here. You can buy it at amazon.co.uk or I may be able to get a copy for you. Reading level ages 9 to 12.
Dedicated to his children, the book describes what life was like for two young children growing up in Lindos in the 1960's.
I bought my copy in Lindos in the 80's, when my children were about the same age as Willard's. My copy is sun bleached and
salt washed but my daughter has a perfect copy.
Escape to Athena (1979) was filmed mostly at Kallithias Bay, the site of an old Turkish Baths. The opening sequence of the film features the Lindos Acropolis and Lindos Village and there are many scenes in Rhodes Old Town.
The film starred Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree,
Sonny Bono, Elliott Gould and Anthony Valentine.
This 6 episode mini-serial was released by the BBC in 1983. In this tale of dark forces and Knights Templar, Peter Egan played Raoul Lavalliere, a villain who had the ability to cloud minds and take on the appearance of other characters. It also starred Patrick Mower. The Lindos Acropolis featured in the title sequence.
To visit the tribute site to Michael J Bird, who wrote Dark Side of the Sun, click here. You will find a lot of information about the serial there.
 "High Season"
Filmed in Lindos in 1987 this is by no means a great movie. It starred Kenneth Branagh,
Jaqueline Bisset, James Fox and Irene Pappas. Holiday makers were auditioned for extras.
During one night shoot an inebriated holiday maker mistook film action for real life and tried to intervene in a fight.
We were there during the filming and it was quite glamourous to find ourselves sitting at the next table to the stars at the Acropolis pizza restaurant one night.
The "Guns of Navarone" has a connection with the area too. The cliffs between Lindos & Pefkos featured in the film.
Here is a photo of them. Pefkos is the other side of these cliffs.
If you know of any other book, film or TV connections - do get in touch.
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"A Dog Called Leka"
