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 | The Good Shepherd | The story of Captain Krause's first Atlantic convoy in 1942, just after the US joined WW2. His first command of a destroyer, and first convoy command, he has to withstand the pressures of constant decision making, when every tiny decision could result in the death of his allies, or a lost opportunity to sink a U-boat. Called Greyhound in the US and in the film version (Tom Hanks). Categories: non-speculative, historical |
| by CS Forester | ||
| Score: 6.5 | ||
| Published: 1955 | ||
| Read: April 14th 2021 |
Comments
John said
Pretty good really, I've marked it down a bit because it came over as very dry, even though there was almost constant action - attacking submarines, dodging torpedoes, rescuing survivors and making calculations about which ships have enough fuel/depth charges left to be useful. Not as good as the Hornblower books, but very interesting.