Sink HMS "Kelly" - Hardcover

Harding PhD MRCPsych, Duncan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727857657 ISBN 13: 9780727857651

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

The dramatic story of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his ill-fated ship; As captain of the Kelly, Mountbatten was at the height of his naval fame. He commanded a crack destroyer flotilla and the Kelly was one of the latest ships in the Royal Navy, manned by the pick of the Senior Service's finest officers and ratings. But he had two fatal weaknesses - his wife, the spoilt Edwina, and his overweening ambition. Originally a Battenberg, Mountbatten had been forced to change his name following press attacks over his half-German ancestry. Hitler now wanted to destroy this 'traitor' and 'renegade', this 'turncoat German', but Mountbatten would not even let Hitler stand in his way. The Kelly survived the severest blows - striking a mine in 1939 and nearly sinking after being torpedoed in 1940. But when, south of Crete in May 1941, an attack of dive bombers rolled the Kelly over, her luck had finally run out.

About this title

About the Author:

Duncan Harding is a pseudonym for Charles Whiting, who also writes as Leo Kessler and John Kerrigan. He has had over 250 books published, encompassing military history, espionage, biography and action fiction. Holder of the Sir George Dowty Prize for Literature, he is one of the most popular borrowed authors in UK lending libraries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0727857657
• ISBN 13: 9780727857651
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192