The Guns of Navarone

by Alistair MacLean Narrated by Jonathan Oliver

Overview

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

The guns of Navarone, huge and catastrophically accurate, embedded atop an impregnable iron fortress in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Twelve hundred British soldiers trapped on a nearby island, with no hope of rescue from Allied ships, waiting to die.
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Keith Mallory, world-famous mountaineer, skilled saboteur. His mission: to lead a small team of misfits and silence the guns forever.
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Reaching the island and scaling the sheer cliffs undetected will be hard enough; defeating the German forces and destroying the massive guns all but impossible. And as for getting out alive when there may be a traitor in the team...

The best of military fiction, this technological adventure is a classic that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. With a plot that is as thrilling as it is intricate, MacLean's masterpiece is a testament to the power of storytelling in the genre of thrillers.

For fans of Frederick Forsyth (The Veteran), Nevil Shute (Pastoral), Ken Follett (The Armour of Light), Edward Marston (Murder on the Marmora), and Eric Ambler (Journey into Fear).

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

‘The most successful British novelist of his time’
Jack Higgins

‘Could hardly be bettered.’
Sunday Times

‘Its strength comes from the speed of its narrative, its vivid creation of tensions and its power in handling descriptions of action.’
Evening Standard

‘Action sustained at a high pitch. From the outset there is a feeling of suspense: a problem that can only be solved by action involving danger and demanding courage … an insistently gripping tale.’
Scotsman

APR/MAY 07 - AudioFile

The acclaimed 1957 thriller upon which this dramatization is based recounts the attempt of a British commando team to penetrate an impregnable Nazi stronghold in the Aegean and destroy its powerful dual canons. This BBC version is far more faithful to the original than the hit film of 1961. Its production values are excellent. In compressing the tale to two hours, however, the producers sacrificed the texture and characterizations that made the original a classic nail-biter. The cast adequately plays the stereotypes the adapters wrote for them. The listener never fully believes that the heroes face arduous effort and deathly peril. For those who like their war dogs tame. Y.R. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170300136
Publisher:	HarperCollins UK
Publication date:	02/09/2017
Edition description:	Unabridged

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