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HMS "Ulysses"
by: Alistair MacLean

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780006135128
ISBN: 0006135129
Label: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: October 25, 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Sales Rank: 22986

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- hms ulysses
They say everyone has a book in them.This must be the best first book written by anyone.Some books are so full of research it shows but this one you feel Maclaine knows what he wants to write.
The story begins in port and then just gathers pace right the way through,the story flows with Maclaine obviously using his own experience of the sea and the navy to keep you gripped and turning page after page.
I first read this book in the seventies and it grips me everytime I read it.
The BEST Maclaine book by far.

Chris

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- Couldnt put it down
When I first got the book I was unsure whether I would enjoy it. Once I got started I didnt want to put it down.
He describes the story soo well. I could picture each situation really well and it had me on the edge of my seat when I was reading it.
I actually felt if I was there and I could feel every emotion the characters where going through.

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- War on the high seas
Alistair Maclean is author of some of the best war fiction in the world – notably the Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare – but in this book he has surpassed the rest.
Seeing as I loathe spoilers in reviews, I shall keep them to a minimum! This book centres around the eponymous HMS Ulysses, a frigate in World War II. This ship is used on the arctic convoy runs to Murmansk, a vital part of the allied war effort sadly largley igonred by the Soviet government after the war. These convoy runs were the worst of the war, featuring not only the Kriegsmarine’s U-Boats, but also sub-zero temperatures, blizzards, and twenty-hour days. Combine all these and you have a good a picture of hell as it is possible to get. The men of the Ulysses ... Read More:

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- HMS Ulysses - A classic
This, Alistair MacLean's first novel, is an incredible mixture of bravery, tragedy, suspense, pathos, and heart-stopping action.
Very much an anti-war story, it tells of the grim voyage of the Arctic convoy FR77, and in particular one of its escort vessels, the light cruiser of the title, HMS Ulysses.
As a thriller, the book is without equal, but its other main strength is the great variety of its characters, virtually all of which are amazingly true to life.
The ending is satisfyingly tragic, and will bring a tear to even the most cynical reader's eye.
Highly recommended.

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- The only really good Maclean
As many reviewers before I can just concur: This is the best Alister Maclean, by far, and one of the best naval stories, ever. Nicolas Monsarrat's The Cruel Sea (available on DVD!) is similar in many ways, but this is much more hard-hitting and gut-wrenching.

And for me, it is the only Maclean that has stood up to rereading, over and over again.

Let's hope it will be filmed one day!

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