GOLD FROM CRETE: Ten Stories by C. S. Forester

by C. S. Forester ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 16, 1970

Ten stories of World War II setting if not vintage by the creator of the Hornblower sagas. Like Hornblower in efficiency, sang from and magnetism, Captain George Crowe of H.M.S. Apache flaunts his considerable totality in Crete where he spirits gold away from the Axis; at sea where he outwits an Italian maneuver; and in New York harbor where he himself deactivates a vagrant depth charge. Then there are stories of a Spitfire triumph, a tank engagement, a Dutch resistance confrontation, a tea-table spy detection, and a fictional surmise as to what would have happened if Hitler had invaded England (a British home victory would have shortened the war). Clean, rapid action in these shot-and-shell accounts of finest hours when heroes could be easily spotted by the barely perceptible stiffening of that upper lip.

Pub Date: Nov. 16, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION