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John Mason Kemp #4
Convoy East
The name Philip McCutchan stands with that of the celebrated Patrick O'Brian among the masters of the naval adventure novel. In CONVOY EAST Commodore Kemp leads a group of ships from Britain into the Mediterranean. With a contingent of female officers aboard, he must proceed safely through a net of Luftwaffe and Italian navy forces to make safe harbor in Malta.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
272 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1989
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Philip McCutchan
181 books36 followersaka Robert Conington Galway, Duncan MacNeil
Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime's interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.
Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime's interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.
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August 1, 2022
Commodore John Mason Kemp of the Royal Navy is tasked with leading a convoy from the UK through the Mediterranean during the summer of 1942 to provide relief to Malta.
This proves not to be an easy undertaking, for, once East of Gibraltar, the convoy is harried by Italian warships and the full fury of the Regia Aeronautica and Luftwaffe, whose Stukas, like ravenous steel birds of prey, are set upon sinking as much of Kemp's convoy as possible.
A lot of what is depicted in the novel closely mirrors what I've read of Operation Pedestal. All in all, a tremendous, well-crafted novel.
This proves not to be an easy undertaking, for, once East of Gibraltar, the convoy is harried by Italian warships and the full fury of the Regia Aeronautica and Luftwaffe, whose Stukas, like ravenous steel birds of prey, are set upon sinking as much of Kemp's convoy as possible.
A lot of what is depicted in the novel closely mirrors what I've read of Operation Pedestal. All in all, a tremendous, well-crafted novel.
November 28, 2021
Non Stop
From start to finish the action is non stop.
As with all the Kemp series the research is well done, the story well told and believable.
Book four runs seamlessly in the series, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
From start to finish the action is non stop.
As with all the Kemp series the research is well done, the story well told and believable.
Book four runs seamlessly in the series, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
January 26, 2025
Feel of authenticity. Ww2 convoy duty. UBoats, Stukas. Very fine English writer.
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