Ebook {Epub PDF} H M S Ulysses by Alistair MacLean

H.M.S. ULYSSES by Alistair MacLean, Fawcett Gold Medal 1st Edition v good. $ + $ shipping + $ shipping + $ shipping. Alistair MacLean LOT OF 3 Paperback Books H.M.S. Ulysses VINTAGE s Fawcett. $ Free shipping Seller Rating: % positive. A first edition copy of Alistair Maclean's first two WWII novels. Including his debut novel 'HMS Ulysses' HMS Ulysses was based on MacLean's experiences in the Royal Navy during World War II. A critical success, this work was regarded in the same. Read more. Alistair MacLean's debut novel is arguably also his best and it ranks easily alongside Monsarratt's "The Cruel Sea" as an exemplary account of the Allied Convoy War. Taking his inspiration from his own extensive experience as an RN sailor in the Atlantic and Arctic convoys there is a strong feeling of verisimilitude to this story; but the sheer quality of his writing is also worthy of note/5().

This was Alistair MacLean's first novel, as I understand it, and it is still considered by many to be one of his best. Rather than the intrigue, double-crossing, and deduction that mark many of his later tales, it is first and foremost a war story. HMS Ulysses is a light cruiser, a variant on the Dido class, with some features of the later. H.M.S. Ulysses by Alistair MacLean starting at $ H.M.S. Ulysses has 4 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace. Alistair Stuart MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain), the son of a Scots Minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In , at the age of eighteen, he joined the Royal Navy; two and a half years spent aboard a cruiser were to give him the background for HMS Ulysses, his first novel, the outstanding documentary novel on the war at sea.

Alistair MacLean's debut novel is arguably also his best and it ranks easily alongside Monsarratt's "The Cruel Sea" as an exemplary account of the Allied Convoy War. Taking his inspiration from his own extensive experience as an RN sailor in the Atlantic and Arctic convoys there is a strong feeling of verisimilitude to this story; but the sheer quality of his writing is also worthy of note. HMS Ulysses was the debut novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. Originally published in , it was also released by Fontana Books in MacLean's experiences in the Royal Navy during World War II provided the background and the Arctic convoys to Murmansk provided the basis for the story, which was written at a publisher's request after he'd won a short-story competition the previous year. H.M.S. ULYSSES by Alistair MacLean, Fawcett Gold Medal 1st Edition v good. $ + $ shipping + $ shipping + $ shipping. Alistair MacLean LOT OF 3.