Greyhound
Discover the gripping naval thriller behind the major motion picture starring Tom Hanks
1st Edition
Published on 13. July 2020
352 pages
978-1-4059-3904-1 (ISBN)
Description
NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS
Discover the acclaimed wartime classic from C. S. Forester - originally published as The Good Shepherd
'Unbelievably good' James Holland, bestselling author of Normandy '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 legendary Hornblower series.
'High and glittering excitement' New York Times
Discover the acclaimed wartime classic from C. S. Forester - originally published as The Good Shepherd
'Unbelievably good' James Holland, bestselling author of Normandy '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 legendary Hornblower series.
'High and glittering excitement' New York Times
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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3,15 MB
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978-1-4059-3904-1 (9781405939041)
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Greyhound
Discover the gripping naval thriller behind the major motion picture starring Tom Hanks
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C. S. Forester (1899-1966) was born in Cairo, where his father was a government official. On the outbreak of the Second World War, he entered the Ministry of Information. As well as the famous Horatio Hornblower series, his novels include The African Queen, adapted into the famous film, and crime novels Plain Murder and The Pursued.
