Pacific Glory, P. T. Deutermann
Pacific Glory, P. T. Deutermann
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Pacific Glory

Author: P. T. Deutermann

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 12 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/15/2011


Synopsis

Marsh Vincent, Mick McCarty, and Tommy Lewis were inseparable friends during their naval academy years, each man in love with the beautiful, unattainable Glory Hawthorne. Only Tommy wins her heart and marries Glory after graduation. Different skills set the three men on separate paths in the Navy, but they are all forever changed by the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.Glory, now Tommy’s widow, is a tough Navy nurse still grieving her loss while trying to save lives at the Pearl Harbor naval hospital. Marsh, a surface ship officer, finds himself in the thick of terrifying sea combat from Guadalcanal, through the turning point at Midway, to a climactic showdown with the Japanese fleet at Leyte Gulf. Mick, a hotshot fighter pilot with a drinking problem and a chip on his shoulder, seeks redemption after a series of failures leaves him grounded and ashamed.Filled with wide-screen action, romance, and heroism tinged with the brutal reality of war, Pacific Glory is an old-fashioned military adventure of the first order.Praise for Pacific Glory“Epic, eloquent, stirring...a war novel that is both sweeping and intensely personal." – Library Journal (starred review)“Pacific Glory is a tale brilliantly told for anyone who loves history or an adventure in the spirit of Patrick O’Brian. Deutermann’s eye for capturing the romance, valor, and sacrifice of life at sea is unforgettable. From the first pages, as Deutermann reels you in, you are hooked, drawn into the past and finally delivered back to the future, a journey taken with unforgettable characters.” – Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers and In Harm’s Way“Authentic down to the last riveting detail, Pacific Glory will mesmerize anyone who wants to relive the U.S. Navy’s war with Japan—while a mysterious love story about three Annapolis men in love with the same exotic woman winds through the bomb blasts and salvos.” – Thomas Fleming, New York Times bestselling author of Time and Tide

About P. T. Deutermann

P. T. DEUTERMANN spent twenty-six years in military and government service before retiring to begin his writing career. He is the author of thirteen novels and lives with his wife in North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean

Recently I seem to be reading some excellent historical fiction. I just finished reading Herman Houk, Simon Scarrow and now Deutermann. This story follows three naval academy classmates. Tommy was married to navy nurse Glory Hawthorne. Tommy dies on the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor. Marsh “the beauty”......more

Goodreads review by Richard

This is sort of a mystery, but if you haven't figured it out by by the end of page 2, I'm disappointed in you. The author was born December, 1941; son of an admiral; became a career Naval Officer with a remarkable career and has now finished 15 novels. He has a perfect concept of naval war, having be......more

The battle scenes are well written, but they are basically the entire point of the novel. The characters are a little wooden - Marsh is probably the most developed, and his personality is seen mostly through his actions at war. Glory exists only to further the men's story, and her motivations are of......more