The Late, Great Major A.T. Casdagli: An Interview with Alexis Penny Casdagli
About this episode
Isabella interviews Alexis Penny Casdagli about her father, Major A.T. Casdagli, and his unique contributions during WWII.
In this episode, Isabella interviews Alexis Penny Casdagli, the daughter of Major A.T. Casdagli, an Anglo-Greek spy famous for embroidering subversive needlework during his time in German POW camps in WWII. Images and sources are available at @sewwhatpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The podcast has a website, sewwhatpodcast.com. You can read Major A.T. Casdagli's wartime diary, Prouder Than Ever, through Cylix Press here: https://www.cylixpress.co.uk/. Also be sure to check ...
People in this episode
Host: Isabella Rosner
Guest: Alexis Penny Casdagli
Topics covered
- embroidery
- WWII
- spying
- interview
- history
- needlework
Keywords
- Major A.T. Casdagli
- embroidery
- German POW camps
- subversive needlework
- war diary
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cylix Press
Books & works: Prouder Than Ever
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