THE GRIPPING NAVAL THRILLER,NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TOM HANKS __ 1942. America enters the war and an untested officer receives his first wartime command...Ploughing through icy,submarine-infested North Atlantic seas is a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships,carrying vital Allied supplies. In charge is Commander Krause,a grizzled but unproven veteran of the U.S. Navy. Over the next forty-eight hours he will stay on watch aboard the bridge of his destroyer as the convoy is hounded by a murderous wolf pack of German U-boats determined to sink every ship without trace. But armed with extraordinary courage and grit,Commander Krause will battle the U-boats,tiredness,self-doubt and self-reproach,as he desperately tries to protect the ships and lives under his command...This classic wartime novel is a thrillingly taut tale of bravery and determination against all odds,set during the darkest moments of the Second World War. __ Praise for C. S. Forester'Action,tension,tingling suspense...The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II'Life Magazine'I recommend Forester to every literate I know'Ernest Hemingway'I find Hornblower admirable,vastly entertaining'Sir Winston Churchill
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241475270Number of pages: 352Weight: 245 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester was a British historical novelist and journalist,best known for his Horatio Hornblower series,depicting the life of a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
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