Greyhound
Author: Forester, C. S.
ISBN: 9781405949170
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks.It's 1942.
Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks.
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. .
Originally published as The Good Shepherd and acclaimed as one of the best novels of the year upon publication in 1955, this is a riveting classic of naval warfare from the author of the legendary Hornblower series.
ISBN: 9781405949170
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks.It's 1942.
Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks.
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. .
Originally published as The Good Shepherd and acclaimed as one of the best novels of the year upon publication in 1955, this is a riveting classic of naval warfare from the author of the legendary Hornblower series.
