Greyhound
Descriere
Discover the acclaimed wartime classic from C. S. Forester - originally published as The Good Shepherd'Unbelievably good' James Holland, bestselling author of Normandy '44It'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
Despre autor
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, cunoscut sub pseudonimul Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, a fost un romancier englez care a scris povestiri cu bătălii navale, cea mai notabilă fiind seria de 12 cărți despre căpitanul britanic Horatio Hornblower, serie care descrie aventurile unui ofițer din Marina Regală Britanică în timpul Războaielor Napoleoniene.
