Killing Ground - Hardcover

Reeman, Douglas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434626384 ISBN 13: 9780434626380

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

The Western Ocean 1942. From the bridge of HMS Gladiator, Lieutenant-Commander David Howard's orders were chillingly clear. There could be no mercy. To the men who fought to protect the vital, threatened Merchat Navy convoys in the Western Approaches, the Battle of the Atlantic was a full-scale war. A relentless, savage war against an ever-present enemy and a violent sea - in an arena known only to its embittered survivors as the killing ground. HMS Gladiator was part of that war. An ordinary, hard-worked destroyer and her company of men. Fighting for survival in a war with no rules...

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Review:

"A stirring tale of the Atlantic war ... one can almost smell the sea and the burning oil as Jitler's U-boats wreak havoc" (Sunday Express)

"Vivid naval action at its most authentic" (Sunday Times)

"Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it" (The Times)

Book Description:

The bestselling novel from the master storyteller of the sea.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0434626384
• ISBN 13: 9780434626380
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312