![]() ![]() Ulysses and itsĬrew to the limits of their legendary luck. Despite severe misgivings - as well as a recent mutinous uprising aboard their ship by desperate sailors -Īdmiral Tyndall, Captain Vallery, and Commander Turner must once again push the H.M.S. ![]() But Russia,įighting the common German foe, urgently needs armaments, so the Royal Navy's top brass orders another convoy to Shepherding an Allied convoy through Arctic weather and German attacks is tantamount to suicide. To be uplifting as well as tragic, this story eloquently depicts warfare's senseless savagery. MacLean had been part of two Arctic convoys aĭozen years earlier one can only hope they met a far better fate than the one described in this book. It traces the ill-starred voyage of a group of British warships escorting a shipment of tanks,Īmmunition, and oil along the Arctic route from the U.S. Ulysses draws heavily on MacLean's experiences in the Royal Navy during His earliest novel, written at a publisher's request after he'd won a short story competition the ![]() Ulysses - as I recently did for the first time (2010) - sharpens one's insight intoĪlistair MacLean. The writings and films of Alistair MacLean - H.M.S. ![]()
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