{"product_id":"the-good-shepherd-c-s-forester","title":"The Good Shepherd (C. S. Forester)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE GRIPPING NAVAL THRILLER, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TOM HANKS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1942.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmerica enters the war and an untested officer receives his first wartime command . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas is a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships, carrying vital Allied supplies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In charge is Commander Krause, a grizzled but unproven veteran of the U.S. Navy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over the next forty-eight hours he will stay on watch aboard the bridge of his destroyer as the convoy is hounded by a murderous wolf pack of German U-boats determined to sink every ship without trace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But armed with extraordinary courage and grit, Commander Krause will battle the U-boats, tiredness, self-doubt and self-reproach, as he desperately tries to protect the ships and lives under his command . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis classic wartime novel is a thrillingly taut tale of bravery and determination against all odds, set during the darkest moments of the Second World War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for C. S. Forester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Action, tension, tingling suspense . . . The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I recommend Forester to every literate I know' \u003c\/b\u003eErnest Hemingway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining' \u003c\/b\u003eSir Winston Churchill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eC. S. Forester\u003c\/b\u003e (1899-1966) was born in Cairo, where his father was a government official. On the outbreak of the Second World War, he entered the Ministry of Information. As well as the famous Horatio Hornblower series, his novels include \u003ci\u003eThe African Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted into the famous film, and crime novels \u003ci\u003ePlain Murder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pursued\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 352 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66081202667869,"sku":"K089381270","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8938127000001A.jpg?v=1790713765","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-good-shepherd-c-s-forester","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}