Pre-Owned The Lonely Sea 9780006172772

from lamour

MacLean's collection of stories includes some of fiction and some of fact. The historical entries include the sinkings of the Rawalpindi, Bismarck, Lancastria and City of Benares. He also includes the heroic end of the Jervis Bay. This collection also includes the first story he had published, Th...

from HenriMoreaux

The Lonely Sea is a collection of short stories by Alistair MacLean. It includes his very first published story, The Dileas, as well as an assorted mix of fiction & non fiction stories revolving around the sea and many feature World War 2 tragedies. These tragedies include the sinkings of the Raw...

from fuzzi

A very good collection of this author's shorter works, most of which are page-turners, aka "don't-turn-off-the-light-yet-I-have-to-find-out-what-happens" type of reads. And in forty pages MacLean enthralls the reader with the hunt for the Bismarck, and does it so much better than CS Forester coul...

from Bridgey

An interesting collection of or both factual and fiction stories all interlinked with the sea. Very enjoyable collection and a nice change to the novels he is most famous for. At times harrowing in its description of death and the harshness of the sea, obviously Maclean drew upon his own years in...

from Bridgey

An interesting collection of or both factual and fiction stories all interlinked with the sea. Very enjoyable collection and a nice change to the novels he is most famous for. At times harrowing in its description of death and the harshness of the sea, obviously Maclean drew upon his own years in...