Alistair MacLean
Paperback | Pages: 467 pages Rating: 4.05 | 5921 Users | 271 Reviews
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| Original Title: | HMS Ulysses |
| ISBN: | 0006135129 (ISBN13: 9780006135128) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | North Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea Arctic Ocean …more Barents Sea …less |
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The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Now reissued in a new cover style.The story of men who rose to heroism, and then to something greater, HMS Ulysses takes its place alongside The Caine Mutiny and The Cruel Sea as one of the classic novels of the navy at war.
It is the compelling story of Convoy FR77 to Murmansk – a voyage that pushes men to the limits of human endurance, crippled by enemy attack and the bitter cold of the Arctic.
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| Title | : | HMS Ulysses |
| Author | : | Alistair MacLean |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 467 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2004 by HarperCollins (first published 1955) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Historical. Historical Fiction. War. Adventure |
Rating Of Books HMS Ulysses
Ratings: 4.05 From 5921 Users | 271 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books HMS Ulysses
The thing I love about Powell's books is that you can ask the much-pierced 20-something at the desk about the location of bestsellers of the 60s and 70s, and they will answer you without so much as a pause for thought.Anyway, Powell's: a great source for the pop-action-stories of bygone decades.I picked up an omnibus of full-length novels. I already own /Where Eagles Dare/ and /When Eight Bells Toll/, but can you believe I did not actually own /Ice Station Zebra/ or /The Guns of Navarone/. But IWell, it took me two months to get through this one...that should tell you that it wasn't one of my favorites. Why didn't I just give up? My friend has been trying to get me to read this book for years. His daughter has been telling me not to waste my time because it's a horrible book. My summer reading goal was to read the book and decide for myself. My vote would fall somewhere in the middle. The story of the boat, it's battles, and the sailors was interesting enough to keep me plowing through
Calling this a harrowing tale of war time heroism would be a huge under statement. It does a good job of portraying what life must have been like on one of those arctic convoy runs. As a reader you are worn down by the enormity of what these men had to endure minute by minute, hour by hour. A good read but not an enjoyable one.
This book wasn't a part of my usual genre, so my review may be slightly prejudiced. But I read it for 3 reasons- a) To broaden my options as a reader. b) I have read Alistair Maclean previously and I haven't been disappointed And c) Mostly, because my father who had previously introduced me to several amazing books insisted I read it. So maybe I may be prejudiced but there's an equally likely chance that I have tried to keep an open mind about it.The story itself is simple- HMS Ulysses is a
HMS Ulysses is a ship badly in need of rest., Having already been on several Arctic runs to Murmansk, she and her borderline mutinous crew are being sent on another high-speed convoy with supplies desperately needed by the Russians. Its FR 77; the weather is deteriorating, and the Nazis know the convoy is on its way. No rescue ships on this convoy; given what happened to the Stockport and Zafaaran, (both torpedoed with a loss of all hands and many who had been rescued from other ships that had
Astounding how much this book reminded me of Douglas Reeman--one of the latter's weaker efforts. Too drawn out, too psychological; too many "black hat" characters. But as where Reeman always integrated those elements in the plot, many here were tacked on as afterthoughts--e.g., the Rating who sacrifices himself for the ship to atone for a murder that took place before the book starts! And Reeman never killed off so many "white hats."Still, MacLean knows boats, and served in the "wavy Navy"
I must have been about 14 when I first read this book and I can remember being blown away by it; it was the best book that I had ever read. I recently found a copy in a second hand bookshop and it was with some trepidation that I began to reread it, afraid that it would not live up to my expectations. I am glad to report that I needed not to worry; the novel was all that I remembered it as being. It is, along with The Cruel Sea and The Cain Mutiny, one of the best explorations of naval warfare
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