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Alan Evans

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in Sunderland, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1930

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Mystery & Thrillers

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Alan Evans was born in 1930 in Sunderland. He is an enthralling writer of First and Second World War adventure thrillers, mainly based on naval battles. Carefully researched, and with his own experience of active service, he skilfully evokes the tension and terror of war. Many of the figures and events are based on real-life models. His best-known character is Commander David Cochrane Smith, a maverick First World War sea captain. The protagonist of six of Evans' novels, he has to battle against the highly sceptical Admiralty as well as seemingly impossible odds in order to triumph. Evans' style is pacey and grippin ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 6,010 ratings · 203 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Night Action 4.19 avg rating — 996 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thunder at Dawn (Commander Cochrane Smith Naval Thrillers #1) 4.15 avg rating — 831 ratings — published 1978 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sword at Sunrise 4.40 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deed of Glory 4.50 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 1985 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eagle at Taranto 4.24 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dauntless (The Commander Cochrane Smith Naval Thrillers Book 3) 4.33 avg rating — 470 ratings — published 1981 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ship of Force (The Commander Cochrane Smith Naval Thrillers Book 2) 4.20 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 1979 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sink Or Capture (The Commander Cochrane Smith Naval Thrillers Book 7) 4.40 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seek Out and Destroy (The Commander Cochrane Smith Naval Thrillers Book 4) 4.30 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1985 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Audacity (The Commander Cochrane Smith Naval Thrillers Book 5) 4.28 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“outsider, accepted but different. An orphan brought up by a retired Chief Petty Officer and his wife, his home a village shop; he had been different enough. They wondered how he had got into Britannia and so did Smith. Before he was old”
― Alan Evans, Ship of Force

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