HMS Ulysses, Alistair MacLean
HMS Ulysses, Alistair MacLean
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HMS Ulysses

Author: Alistair MacLean

Narrator: Denis Quilley

Abridged: 2 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 02/05/2007

Synopsis

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. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put to sea again, to escort a vital supply convoy heading for Murmansk. As they head deep into the frozen waters they are faced not only with the fierce arctic weather, but a swarm of airborne attacks, German ships, then the feared U-boats, all hellbent on destroying the convoy. With each day threatening another sudden attack, and increasing hardships aboard the frozen ship, suffers greater damage trying to protect the other vessels. And soon the journey becomes a tense and deadly game of cat and mouse between the crippled cruiser and her silent pursuers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christopher

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 expectation......more

Goodreads review by Philip

This was Alistair MacLean's first book, and surprisingly (IMHO) also his best. With MacLean's easy understanding of the military and its technology/jargon, as well as his well-justified "a star is born" reviews, HMS Ulysses was probably the Hunt for Red October of it's day. It lacks the complex plot......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W

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. It’s FR 77; the weather is deteriorating, and the Nazis know the co......more

Goodreads review by Dhiraj

Alistair Maclean was on to a winner with his first novel HMS Ulysses portraying the plight of British Navy in the harsh winter conditions during Arctic Convoys which were under constant danger of German U Boats and Warships. Maclean's writing is so engrossing that you feel that you are there with the......more

Quotes

‘A brilliant, overwhelming piece of descriptive writing.’Observer ‘A story of exceptional courage which grips the imagination.’Daily Telegraph ‘It deserves an honourable place among 20th-century war books.’Daily Mail ‘HMS Ulysses is in the same class as The Cruel Sea.’Evening Standard

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