Convoy - Couverture souple

Pope, Dudley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552113557 ISBN 13 : 9780552113557

Editeur : Corgi Childrens, 1980

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope was born in 1925 into an ancient Cornish seafaring family. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen and spent much of his early life at sea. He was torpedoed during the Second World War and his resulting spinal injuries plagues him for the rest of his life. Towards the end of the war he turned to jouralism becoming the Naval and Defence Correspondent for the London Evening News. Encouraged by Hornblower creator CS Forester, he began writing fiction using his own experiences in the Navy and his extensive historical reseacrh as a basis. In 1965 he wrote 'Ramage', the first of his highly successful series of novels following the exploits of the heroic Lord Nicholas Ramage during the Napoleonic Wars. He continued to live aboard boats whenever possible and this was where he wrote the majority of his novels. Dudley Pope died in 1997 aged seventy one. 'The first and still favourite rival to Hornblower' - Daily Mirror

Présentation de l'éditeur

A deadly game of cat and mouse unravels its way out of this spine tingling war story as Lieutenant Yorke must find an answer to one vital question: how are German U-Boats sinking merchant ships from inside the convoys? In this gripping saga of heroism and intrigue, Yorke discovers the fate of one entire convoy. Only his wit and daring can lead to its survival and his.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corgi Childrens
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0552113557
• ISBN 13: 9780552113557
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible