HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbor, an..., Nicholas Monsarrat
HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbor, an..., Nicholas Monsarrat
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HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbor, and Other Short Stories

Author: Nicholas Monsarrat

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 7 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/08/2016

Synopsis

In “HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbor,” an old sloop, homeward bound, is torpedoed, leaving her guns out of action, more than three quarters of her crew dead, and radio contact impossible. But her valiant captain steadfastly refuses to surrender his ship. In “Leave Canceled,” an army officer and his young wife concentrate their passionate love into twenty-four hours, knowing that it might be their last chance. And in “Heavy Rescue,” an old soldier, having lived on the scrap heap for more than twenty years, finds that gallantry is once again in demand when he becomes leader of a heavy rescue squad.

About Nicholas Monsarrat

Nicholas Monsarrat (1910–1979) was born in Liverpool and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in World War II, first as a member of an ambulance brigade and then as a member of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. His lifelong love of sailing made him a capable naval officer, and he served with distinction on a series of small warships. Resigning his wartime commission in 1946, he entered the diplomatic service. He turned to writing full time in 1959, settling on the Mediterranean island of Gozo until his death.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on April 15, 2021

Overall I enjoyed this, but the quality of the stories varied somewhat. The first, eponymous, story describes the attempt to save a torpedoed sloop and get her back to harbour. The theme will be familiar to anyone who has read much Second World War maritime fiction, or naval fiction in general, and......more

Goodreads review by John on October 13, 2021

A series of short stories by Monsarrat. The largest of them is the Marlborough story about a crippled corvette attempting to fight back and then make it back to a harbour. The middle story is about a recently married couple in WW2. The soldier has been unexpectedly posted away & likely to be away for......more

Goodreads review by Mark on December 26, 2023

Three short stories, each tinged with courage and sadness. A heavily damaged sloop struggling to make port after a duel with a U-boat, a newly-wed couple facing the prospect of a long separation and a Great War veteran seeking purpose as a rescue worker in bomb ravaged London. Well written.......more

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