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Upon Dark Waters
Robert Radcliffe
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Description for Upon Dark Waters
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31st December 1942. In the middle of the North Atlantic, the deadly 'gap' where aircraft cannot protect them, a destroyer and 4 corvettes are shepherding a convoy of ships from America to Britain. But as midnight passes, the New Year is marked by a white flash on the horizon - a German torpedo. What follows is a night scarred forever in the memory of its survivors. But for Michael Villiers, officer on the HMS Daisy, it is just another chapter in an extraordinary life. The son of a beautiful socialite and a British diplomat, Michael is brought up in Sombreado, ... Read more
31st December 1942. In the middle of the North Atlantic, the deadly 'gap' where aircraft cannot protect them, a destroyer and 4 corvettes are shepherding a convoy of ships from America to Britain. But as midnight passes, the New Year is marked by a white flash on the horizon - a German torpedo. What follows is a night scarred forever in the memory of its survivors. But for Michael Villiers, officer on the HMS Daisy, it is just another chapter in an extraordinary life. The son of a beautiful socialite and a British diplomat, Michael is brought up in Sombreado, ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349117188
SKU
KST0020357
Shipping Time
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99-1
About Robert Radcliffe
Robert Radcliffe lives in Suffolk and is an experienced pilot. He has written two other novels, published under a different name.
Reviews for Upon Dark Waters
'UPON DARK WATERS is an honest and moving account of the realities of war and one man's attempts to come to terms with his past and shape his future. The actions moves swiftly between the beautifully wild pampas and the terror of the Atlantic battle, the contrast between these two serving to emphasise the brutality and uncertainty of life during ... Read more