The Secret Channel - Couverture souple

Williams, Mike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1854186124 ISBN 13 : 9781854186126

Editeur : Thorogood, 2008

Synopsis

This book offers a brilliant fictional account of one of the Second World War's best kept secrets.During the Second World War a great secret was kept from the Nation - and the enemy.Unknown to a war-torn Britain, another war of intrigue, covert operations, spies, intelligence-gathering and daring was being fought. The battlefield was the English Channel.Under great secrecy an elite force of men and women were gathered on the remote coastline of the Scilly Isles. These men and woman, British and French, courageously kept open secret channels between England and France, during the Second World War.The Special Boat Operations (SBO) was central to British Naval strategy and planning which operated in a secret and dangerous world at a time when Churchill demanded that 'we set Europe ablaze'.The SBO was a radical departure from Royal Navy tradition but their ingenuity, indomitable spirit, loyalty and success was a major factor in the final success of the invasion of Europe by Allied force.This thrilling fictional account is based on true events. Mike Williams, a surviving member of the SBO, has created characters that live on the page and brilliantly evoke the dangerous waters and desperate times in which the men and women lived - and sometimes lost - their lives.

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Revue de presse

Written in an easy flowing manner, the reader is soon immersed in the book as the characters come alive off the pages. To anyone unfamiliar with the area then this master of written word soon has you in his grip. A great piece of realistic writing. --Sea Breezes Magazine

The story of the Scilly Islands flotilla is part of the larger issue of the small boat campaign of the Second World War. Amazingly, this bitter campaign has largely been forgotten, for books and films have tended to focus on the encounters of giants, battleships and aircraft carriers, both in the European and the Pacific theatres, or the major amphibious operations or the endless battle against German U-boats. Perhaps this is because, comparatively, so few people were involved. Or perhaps it because the strategic effects of the Scilly Flotilla in particular on the outcome of the war are harder to gauge since so much of it was shrouded in secrecy, being bound up with the complex and still contentious story of the French resistance. For all these reasons, small boat operations have been a sadly neglected part of our modern naval history. This is a real pity because, as Mike Williams has shown in this factionalised account, the deadly doings of the small boat men were just as dramatic, just as heroic and just as absorbing as accounts of much larger campaigns and battles. We owe Mike Williams a great debt for bring this forgotten story alive, especially as he has done so with such grace and humanity and with a meticulous attention to detail that professional historians would envy. This is a great story, an important one, and is very well told, as it deserves to be. --Geoffrey Till, Professor Maritime Studies, King's College London and Director of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies

Mike William's knowledge of special operations is without question. His love of the beautiful Scilly Isles is without doubt. With a diverse set of characters and intriguing blend of fact and fiction, Mike Williams takes the reader on an exciting journey across the black waters of the English channel. The Secret channel is a book that will be appreciated by all those interested in the Second World War and history in general. --Britain at War Magazine

In The Secret Channel, author Mike Williams, lets you imagine the dangerous waters and desperate times in which the men and women lived- and sometimes lost- their lives in this thrilling fictional account of true events. --HOMEPORT Magazine

Mike William's knowledge of special operations is without question. His love of the beautiful Scilly Isles is without doubt. With a diverse set of characters and intriguing blend of fact and fiction, Mike Williams takes the reader on an exciting journey across the black waters of the English channel. The Secret channel is a book that will be appreciated by all those interested in the Second World War and history in general. --Britain at War Magazine

Mike Williams tells an exciting tale of wartime adventure and secret mission. His personal experience and understanding of this subject gives the book real authenticity, making for gripping and enjoyable read. --The Islander Magazine

Mike William's knowledge of special operations is without question. His love of the beautiful Scilly Isles is without doubt. With a diverse set of characters and intriguing blend of fact and fiction, Mike Williams takes the reader on an exciting journey across the black waters of the English channel. The Secret channel is a book that will be appreciated by all those interested in the Second World War and history in general. --Britain at War Magazine

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thorogood
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1854186124
• ISBN 13: 9781854186126
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 390
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible