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The Good Shepherd

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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

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  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9780241475270
  • Format:
  • Häftad
  • Sidor:
  • 352
  • Utgiven:
  • 4. mars 2021
  • Mått:
  • 197x128x28 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 248 g.
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Leveranstid: 4-7 vardagar
Förväntad leverans: 25. november 2024

Beskrivning av The Good Shepherd

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

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