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The Good Shepherd
C.S. Forester's name on a novel gives promise of excellent entertainment, but always something more--the development of character, the flow of history, and the stress of events. THE GOOD SHEPHERD is in this genre.
A convoy is ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas during the most critical days of WW II. In charge is Commander George Krause, an unteste
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Published
December 28th 2001
by Simon Publications
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3.5
Great piece if naval literature (just like the classic cover says).
Very interesting story of about 3 days in the life of one captain who is leading a convoy during WWII from Europe to England trying to bring the 37 Allied ship convoy to safety through U boat invested waters.
Quite interesting to see military decision making and all the sacrifices that must be made for the sake of the whole. It was an eye opener for me with regards to combat issues (ships vs....more
Great piece if naval literature (just like the classic cover says).
Very interesting story of about 3 days in the life of one captain who is leading a convoy during WWII from Europe to England trying to bring the 37 Allied ship convoy to safety through U boat invested waters.
Quite interesting to see military decision making and all the sacrifices that must be made for the sake of the whole. It was an eye opener for me with regards to combat issues (ships vs....more
This is a really great and exciting book telling the story of one US convoy and it Navy escorts getting through Nazi submarine wolf packs during WWII. The story begins in the middle Atlantic when the lead escort first encounters contacts and goes from there. This was a difficult book to put down and a real page turner. You are sure to like it and the author's description of minute to minute action by the destroyer captain is excellent.
My folks had been suggesting to me/borderline bugging me to read the Forester book The Good Shepherd for years. I sure am glad that they did, and that I finally got around to reading it. The story telling in The Good Shepherd personifies what made Forester such a strong author, and that was realistic character flaws/anxieties mixed with the strength that lies within people that allows un-extraordinary people to do extraordinary feats. By the time I finished reading The Good Shepherd I felt li...more
Forester's novel describes a convoy bound from the US to Great Britain during the early stage of World War II in the North Atlantic. The cat and mouse chases between U-boats and convoy escorts is exciting, and Forester's portrayal of the American destroyer captain in charge of the convoy escorts is interesting. He's not a charismatic figure, but he is dedicated and honest to a fault. This is the one Forester book I never got around to, and it was worth seeking out. It goes on the same shelf with...more
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any lover of historical novels that concern the sea and command of naval vessels
I read this book many years ago and have ordered, received and read it again. My absolute favorite WWII North Atlantic naval book is Nicholas Monsarrat's "The Cruel Sea." I'm happy to report that Forester's "The Good Shepherd" stacks up well against this classic.I'm in the midst of rereading the Forester's Horatio Hornblower series (11 books) for the third or fourth time and am adrift in this "Sea of Words" (Title of the lexicon of the Patrick O'Brien sea novels - w...more
Not Forester's best. Stick with the Hornblower books or "The African Queen."
Pretty good in the vein of "The Cruel Sea." Not as good but worth a read.
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Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure and military crusades. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, about naval warfare during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded t...more
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