The Glory Boys

Author: Douglas Reeman

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  • : 25.99 NZD
  • : 9780099484271
  • : Penguin Random House
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  • : June 2009
  • : 179mm X 110mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780099484271
9780099484271

Description

"They are called The Glory Boys, by those who regard their exploits with envy or contempt. Bob Kearton is one of them. Already a veteran and survivor of the close action in the English Channel and North Sea, in January of 1943 he is ordered to the Mediterranean and beleagured Malta, a mere sixty miles from occupied Sicily. Unexpectedly promoted to lieutenant-commander, he is given charge of a newly formed and as yet incomplete flotilla of motor torpedo boats. The tide of defeat is thought to be turning, the enemy no longer advancing along the North African coast with Egypt and India as final objectives, and Kearton's is a new war of stealth, subterfuge, and daring, in which the Glory Boys are only too expendable."

Promotion info

The dramatic new novel from the bestselling author of Twelve Seconds to Live. 20040927

Reviews

"One of our foremost writers of naval fiction."
-"Sunday Times"


"From the Hardcover edition."

Author description

Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty best-selling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.