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North Strike
Magnusson had expected to go to war - though not in a windjammer and not as a spy. But it is 1939 and the Navy desperately needs information about German raiders and blockade runners operating in northern waters. One of the places to get that information is the port of Narvik - and the man to do it is Magnusson.
Soon Magnusson and the rest of the ship's crew find themselves playing a key role in the rescue of British prisoners from the Altmark, and then lunged into the very heart of the German invasion of Norway.
Set against the majestic background of the Norwegian fjords, NORTH STRIKE is a powerful story from one of war fiction's greatest story-tellers.
Soon Magnusson and the rest of the ship's crew find themselves playing a key role in the rescue of British prisoners from the Altmark, and then lunged into the very heart of the German invasion of Norway.
Set against the majestic background of the Norwegian fjords, NORTH STRIKE is a powerful story from one of war fiction's greatest story-tellers.
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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John Harris
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Pseudonyms: Max Hennessy; Mark Hebden
Image is a self caricature from the late 1970s.
From Wikipedia:
John Harris was a British author. He published a series of crime novels featuring the character Inspector Pel, and war books. He wrote with his own name, and also with the pseudonym of Mark Hebden. His 1953 novel The Sea Shall Not Have Them was the basis for a feature film of the same name in 1954. He was the father of Juliet Harris, who published more Inspector Pel books under the name of Juliet Hebden.
Pseudonyms: Max Hennessy; Mark Hebden
Image is a self caricature from the late 1970s.
From Wikipedia:
John Harris was a British author. He published a series of crime novels featuring the character Inspector Pel, and war books. He wrote with his own name, and also with the pseudonym of Mark Hebden. His 1953 novel The Sea Shall Not Have Them was the basis for a feature film of the same name in 1954. He was the father of Juliet Harris, who published more Inspector Pel books under the name of Juliet Hebden.
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November 21, 2011
It fitted me for a beach read. Little strain and I knew what I was getting, as I like John Harris' books.
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