Greyhound: Discover the gripping naval thriller behind the major motion picture starring Tom Hanks
Autor C. S. Foresteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 iul 2020
Discover the acclaimed wartime classic from C. S. Forester - originally published asThe Good Shepherd
'Unbelievably good'James Holland, bestselling author ofNormandy '44
It's 1942. America has just joined the war.
Greyhound, an international convoy of thirty-seven allied ships, is in operation.
Captain Krause must lead his first command of a US destroyer as the convoy ploughs through the icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas.
For forty-eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the wolf packs of German U-boats. His mission looks doomed to fail. But armed with extraordinary courage and grit, hope may just be on the horizon. . .
This is a riveting classic of naval warfare from the author of the legendaryHornblowerseries.
'High and glittering excitement'New York Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781405949170
ISBN-10: 1405949171
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1405949171
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
C.
S.
Forester
was
born
in
Cairo
in
1899,
where
his
father
was
stationed
as
a
government
official.
On
the
outbreak
of
war
he
entered
the
Ministry
of
Information
and
later
he
sailed
with
the
Royal
Navy.
In
the
HORNBLOWER
novels
created
the
most
renowned
sailor
in
contemporary
fiction.
He
died
in
1966.