Physical description; 325 pages. Notes; NOT price-clipped. First edition and first printing. Summary; From the storyteller of the sea comes a new adventure set at the devastating time just after the Second World War, when the once fearsome German naval harbours lie in ruins. There will be days when you wonder at and question some of the risks you had to take, the sacrifices you were forced to offer in the face of death.' Kiel Harbour, 1945 - the war in Europe is at an end. But for Lieutenant Vere Marriott and the men of MGB 801, moored amid a nightmare of devastation, it is an uneasy, unsettled peace. New assignments ashore and afloat mean fresh tensions and conflicting emotions. For some, glory now takes second place to profit. For others, revenge at last sems within their grasp. No one is shooting at Marriott now. But dangers come thick and fast - from confrontation with the Russians to his feelings for Fraulein Geghim. There is more to victory than survival ... Subjects; World War, (1939-1945) - Germany - Peace - Fiction. Kiel Bay (Germany) - Fiction. Second World War fiction ; Modern fiction. Fiction / War & Military. Fiction / Historical. Fiction / General. Genres; Fiction. Sea stories.
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There will be days when you wonder at and question some of the risks you had to take, the sacrifices you were forced to offer in the face of death.'
Kiel Harbour, 1945 - the war in Europe is at an end. But for Lieutenant Vere Marriott and the men of MGB 801, moored amid a nightmare of devastation, it is an uneasy, unsettled peace.
New assignments ashore and afloat mean fresh tensions and conflicting emotions. For some, glory now takes second place to profit. For others, revenge at last sems within their grasp.
No one is shooting at Marriott now. But dangers come thick and fast - from confrontation with the Russians to his feelings for Fraulein Geghim. There is more to victory than survival ...
'Mr Reeman writes with great knowledgge about the sea and those who sail on it' The Times
Biographie de l'auteur :
Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent
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- ÉditeurWilliam Heinemann Ltd
- Date d'édition1989
- ISBN 10 0434626341
- ISBN 13 9780434626342
- ReliureRelié
- Numéro d'édition1
- Nombre de pages336
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