Alistair MacLean
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 410 pages Rating: 4.14 | 15012 Users | 363 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Guns of Navarone |
| ISBN: | 0449214729 (ISBN13: 9780449214725) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Guns of Navarone #1 |
| Characters: | Dusty Miller, Mallory, Andy Stevens, Casey Brown, Andrea |
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A classic thriller. MacLean always delivered the goods. I remember devouring all of his titles out of the library. I wouldn't suggest doing them in a row, because things can get a little repetitive. But that's to be expected of almost any author. The concept, of having a team as the only way to take out the guns guarding a narrow straight through which the ships needed to rescue troops, have to traverse is a bit forced. But it does lend to a tight thriller with a clock ticking. What's best about this book is the interplay among the various agents and then the locals. Betrayal and double-crosses keep the plot moving.Point Appertaining To Books The Guns of Navarone (Guns of Navarone #1)
| Title | : | The Guns of Navarone (Guns of Navarone #1) |
| Author | : | Alistair MacLean |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 410 pages |
| Published | : | June 12th 1984 by Fawcett (first published 1957) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. War. Historical. Historical Fiction. Adventure. Action |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 15012 Users | 363 ReviewsPiece Appertaining To Books The Guns of Navarone (Guns of Navarone #1)
It was very interesting and remained that way through out the book, but could've done without the long winding descriptions, especially of the thoughts of the five brave people who embark on a mission that is deemed impossible. Written in an episodic manner, it manages to keep the reader hooked to it. Action scenes looked authentic except when a big guy is fighting (😋).The characters, despite being different from each other, were mostly one-note. This probably has something to do with the visionBook bum club #1A Book for all Seasons topic: Book became a movie
During World War II, five men are recruited to achieve the impossible: destroy a German fortress that threatens Allied Naval operations in the Aegean Sea and prevents over 1,200 isolated British soldiers from being rescued. These five men are all experts at various specialties required by the commando operation, including demolitions, engineering, and most provocatively, mountain climbing since access to the fortress is impossible without scaling a sheer cliff face.Even though the Greek island
According to Wikipedia,"The Greek island of Navarone does not exist and the plot is fictitious; however, the story takes place within the real historical context of the Dodecanese Campaign, the Allies' campaign to capture the German-held Greek islands in the Aegean Sea in 1943. The story is based on the Battle of Leros, and Leros island's coastal artillery guns among the largest naval artillery guns used during World War II that were built and used by the Italians until Italy capitulated in
There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die - that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too, is brave and afraid like all the rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.
3 1/2 starsAn excellent war time spy/special forces read. I'm not really the target audience but even I appreciated it which might say much. Or nothing at all. There's plenty of action, some pretty well drawn characters (considering the sort of book it is), a bit of pathos and 'isn't war hell!'. Also lots of bromance (there isn't a single woman in the book). Not bad at all.
For those of us of a certain age, any stories of daring British Commandos in action during WWII are almost like comfort food in their appeal.War should NEVER be glorified or sought after in any way, however, a story about the exploits of a few courageous souls trying to shorten a conflict and prevent the deaths of thousands of others, is worth being told, as a reminder of what it really means to be human....
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