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Captain Kelly Maguire #1
The Lion at Sea
A young recruit. A legendary battle. A cataclysmic war. A baptism by fire...Kelly Maguire knew from a young age that he could accomplish great things. As World War I begins, Kelly enlists in the Royal Navy, hoping to win both the war and glory.
But from the barbarous battles of Gallipoli to the nightmarish action of Antwerp, Kelly learns the trials a soldier must trials that will forge him into a man. As the epic battle of Jutland approaches, everything is at stake.
From acclaimed novelist Max Hennessy comes a gritty naval adventure, full of blood, guts and heroism in the face of danger.
But from the barbarous battles of Gallipoli to the nightmarish action of Antwerp, Kelly learns the trials a soldier must trials that will forge him into a man. As the epic battle of Jutland approaches, everything is at stake.
From acclaimed novelist Max Hennessy comes a gritty naval adventure, full of blood, guts and heroism in the face of danger.
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First published December 6, 1977
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September 21, 2021
A very good ebook about World War I naval warfare.
June 14, 2019
A story of World War 1
The English seem unprepared politically, and definitely military, with most of the verbiage and action Naval. Great action and heroism at the end
The English seem unprepared politically, and definitely military, with most of the verbiage and action Naval. Great action and heroism at the end
August 28, 2024
Another excellent book in this 3 book series. I'm reading them out of order, I started with 2 which covers the years between the end of world war 1 and the late 1930's. This first book takes our hero, George Kelly McGuire through the First World War.
Hennessy has a very unfussy, almost factual way of writing as Kelly undergoes a range of terrifying experiences during encounters with the enemy, including shore rescues, time spent in submarines, capture and escape and battle. I said in my previous review, this style of writing maybe reflects Hennessy's view of how the Royal Navy operates under stress - quietly, efficiently and with minimal fuss. Kelly progresses from a new Midshipman to substantive Lieutenant to taking command of his vessel under very challenging circumstances.
Overall, another very enjoyable read. Highly recommended. I will be looking out for others by the same author.
Hennessy has a very unfussy, almost factual way of writing as Kelly undergoes a range of terrifying experiences during encounters with the enemy, including shore rescues, time spent in submarines, capture and escape and battle. I said in my previous review, this style of writing maybe reflects Hennessy's view of how the Royal Navy operates under stress - quietly, efficiently and with minimal fuss. Kelly progresses from a new Midshipman to substantive Lieutenant to taking command of his vessel under very challenging circumstances.
Overall, another very enjoyable read. Highly recommended. I will be looking out for others by the same author.
September 30, 2022
I got recommended Max Hennessy after reading Douglas Reeman's books and I have to say Hennessy is a much better writer, in fact I've found him to be one of the best historical military fiction writers that I've ever read. More ever, he isn't just one genre, he's done RAF and Royal Navy that I've read so far. And it's difficult to write in more than one genre because you need the knowledge behind the writing.
Spoilers ahead/Plot:
Kelly Maguire is a young man just getting into the navy. His family are all military but he doesn't rely on them for favors. It's just before the beginning of WW1 and the book starts him off as a midshipman aboard an armored cruiser the Huguenot. There is some backstory between him and fellow midshipmen Kimister and Verschoyle. We aren't really told much about it, only that the latter is a bully and he helps the former. They reappear occasionally in the book and I'm sure they will play more significant parts in the future. He also saves the life of a drowning sailor (Rumbelo) who appears as a companion to him later in the book.
After that he gets into a series of adventures. He serves in an old cruiser, which is outdated, being neither fast nor armored enough and it's sunk by a submarine. In between ships he is sent off to Belgium to rescue some marines as he was available. He finally gets the commission he wants, which is to serve in the submarines.
As a submariner he is sent to the Dardanelles where his sub wrecks havoc in the Sea of Marmara but his sub is caught by a surface ship and is sunk. He is rescued and captured by the Turks with a few survivors and sent to live in various dungeons. He is rescued by a band of Arabs who are sabotaging the Turkish war effort. They are on the side of the British because they think the Brits will help them throw off the yoke of the Turks. He is released and sent to Cairo to help plead their case where he meets Lawrence of Arabia.
Finally in Part 3, he is sent to serve as the 1st Lt of a destroyer. It's in this destroyer he participates in the Battle of Jutland. His ship is damaged and nearly sunk but he is horribly wounded and manages to sail the ship back to port.
The book is well written and I followed the story effortlessly. All in all, a lot happens in this book. Maguire serves on many fronts and on many ships, gaining recognition and experience. There are also a lot of romantic interests. I usually don't like them as they take away from the action but in this case the author does a good job of segueing the romance to the plot so it doesn't feel gratuitous. There's also a bit of politics in it and a little commentary on the competence or incompetence of the high command and how they're not in tune of modern times and modern warfare. He also writes about how the country felt about the navy not engaging the Germans while the army were bleeding to death on land, so there's a bit of everything. I really enjoyed this book and I am now reading the next one in the series.
Spoilers ahead/Plot:
Kelly Maguire is a young man just getting into the navy. His family are all military but he doesn't rely on them for favors. It's just before the beginning of WW1 and the book starts him off as a midshipman aboard an armored cruiser the Huguenot. There is some backstory between him and fellow midshipmen Kimister and Verschoyle. We aren't really told much about it, only that the latter is a bully and he helps the former. They reappear occasionally in the book and I'm sure they will play more significant parts in the future. He also saves the life of a drowning sailor (Rumbelo) who appears as a companion to him later in the book.
After that he gets into a series of adventures. He serves in an old cruiser, which is outdated, being neither fast nor armored enough and it's sunk by a submarine. In between ships he is sent off to Belgium to rescue some marines as he was available. He finally gets the commission he wants, which is to serve in the submarines.
As a submariner he is sent to the Dardanelles where his sub wrecks havoc in the Sea of Marmara but his sub is caught by a surface ship and is sunk. He is rescued and captured by the Turks with a few survivors and sent to live in various dungeons. He is rescued by a band of Arabs who are sabotaging the Turkish war effort. They are on the side of the British because they think the Brits will help them throw off the yoke of the Turks. He is released and sent to Cairo to help plead their case where he meets Lawrence of Arabia.
Finally in Part 3, he is sent to serve as the 1st Lt of a destroyer. It's in this destroyer he participates in the Battle of Jutland. His ship is damaged and nearly sunk but he is horribly wounded and manages to sail the ship back to port.
The book is well written and I followed the story effortlessly. All in all, a lot happens in this book. Maguire serves on many fronts and on many ships, gaining recognition and experience. There are also a lot of romantic interests. I usually don't like them as they take away from the action but in this case the author does a good job of segueing the romance to the plot so it doesn't feel gratuitous. There's also a bit of politics in it and a little commentary on the competence or incompetence of the high command and how they're not in tune of modern times and modern warfare. He also writes about how the country felt about the navy not engaging the Germans while the army were bleeding to death on land, so there's a bit of everything. I really enjoyed this book and I am now reading the next one in the series.
April 4, 2019
A marvelous book.The author writes with encyclopedic knowledge of the sea,
the British navy and it's ships. I haven't enjoyed a book so much in some time!
A wonderful depiction of the navy in the First World War
the British navy and it's ships. I haven't enjoyed a book so much in some time!
A wonderful depiction of the navy in the First World War
December 9, 2025
Great story, fun to read and quite believable. Well written. 4.5 stars
May 30, 2020
"The atmosphere was electric and exultant. They were sailing into history at thirty knots. But what history? Defeat or victory?"
Kelly McGuire never consciously intended to follow his old man into the Royal Navy, but sometimes fate has a way of dragging you along in its wake. An efficient young officer, McGuire spends the first two years of the Great War escaping sinking ships, evading Germans, Turks,and other enemies of the Empire, and falling into pretty young ladies’ beds. The battle of Jutland introduces the young lieutenant to his first command after his captain is lost, along with many of his shipmates, and it’s clear he has a bright future to blaze. The Lion at Sea is my first WW1 naval novel, I think, and it’s awfully exciting considering how little naval action there was. McGuire always seems to find himself in the middle of whatever that is, for in this book he’s all over the map: the North Sea, Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and even Egypt. I’m accustomed to the protagonist’s friends being introduced and killed off fairly quickly because of Harris/Hennessy’s aviation novels, but here we run into a few people over and over again — to a degree that even the main character finds it absurd. He simply can’t escape one of his old shipmates, an odious son of privilege who reminded me very strongly of Courtney Massengale, the cynical and sly officer who made his way in the world by cultivating and exercising ‘pull’. Readers will witness a young man very uncertain of himself become a highly-decorated, admired, and accomplished senior lieutenant — one more than capable of sitting in the captain’s seat. I found this one delightful all around, especially the bit in which Kelly encounters some Lawrence fellow bumming around in an office and shares intelligence with him about some promising Arab allies.
June 20, 2023
I have awarded this book five stars because of the gripping and authentic descriptions of action, providing a real feel of what seamen endured in cramped conditions at sea in world war one. Kelly Maguire is assigned to antiquated armoured cruiser Cressy and endures the horror of sinking by U boat. He then joins the submarine service and is sent to the dardanelles. A perilous mission then sees Kelly taken prisoner by the Turks. After escaping captivity Kelly retuns to England and a new ship. This time he is appointed to a destroyer at Scapa Flow. Kelly plays an epic role in the Battle of Jutland.
Memorable characters are encountered in his career. At home Kelly has a sweetheart who wants to marry him one day. I will begin the second book in the trilogy straight away and llok forward to following the Kelly Maguire adventures. Recommended to all followers of maritime adventure.
Memorable characters are encountered in his career. At home Kelly has a sweetheart who wants to marry him one day. I will begin the second book in the trilogy straight away and llok forward to following the Kelly Maguire adventures. Recommended to all followers of maritime adventure.
March 2, 2023
After a slow start the characters started to develop and so the story lines became more interesting and exciting leading to a gripping final third of the book.
Based on other books I've read I can in all fairness only give "The Lion at Sea" three stars, but again based on its final third , so the trilogy as a whole has the potential to be very good and , if you are a patient reader and can ignore its slow start , I would certainly recommend it .
Based on other books I've read I can in all fairness only give "The Lion at Sea" three stars, but again based on its final third , so the trilogy as a whole has the potential to be very good and , if you are a patient reader and can ignore its slow start , I would certainly recommend it .
June 16, 2023
I love buying and reading these types of books.
Boats, yachts, historical events and books about the sea are generally excellent. If there are sequels in your series, I would love to read them.
The beauties of owning the books of important authors cannot be discussed. I'm looking forward to your new books.
For friends who want to read this book, I leave the importance of reading a book here. I wish good luck to the sellers and customers...
Top 10 benefits of reading for all ages:
1. Reading Exercises the Brain
As we read, we need to remember the different characters and settings of a particular story. Even if you enjoy reading a book in one sitting, you need to remember the details during the time you devote to reading the book. Therefore, reading is an exercise for your brain that improves memory function.
2. Reading Is a (free) Form of Entertainment
Did you know that most of the popular TV series and movies are based on books? So why not indulge in the original form of entertainment by immersing yourself in reading? Most importantly, it's free with your Markham Public Library card.
3. Reading Improves Concentration and Focus
We all agree that there can be no reading without focus, and we need to concentrate on every page we read to fully understand the story. In a world where gadgets only speed up and shorten our attention span, we must constantly practice concentration and focus. Reading is one of the few activities that requires your undivided attention, so it improves your ability to concentrate.
4. Reading Improves Literacy
Have you ever read a book where you come across a word you don't know? Books have the power to improve your vocabulary by introducing you to new words. The more you read, the more your vocabulary will improve as well as your ability to communicate effectively. Also, reading improves writing skills by helping the reader understand and learn different writing styles.
5. Reading Improves Sleep
By creating a bedtime routine that includes reading, you can signal to your body that it's time to sleep. Now more than ever, we rely on increased screen time to get through the day. That's why you put your phone away and pick up a book and tell your brain it's time to calm down. Also, since reading helps you relieve stress, reading right before bed helps calm your mind and anxiety and improve your sleep quality.
6. Reading Increases General Knowledge
Books are always full of fun and interesting facts. Whether we read fiction or non-fiction, books have the ability to provide us with information we might not otherwise know. Reading various topics can make you a more knowledgeable person and therefore improve your speaking skills.
7. Reading Is Motivating
By reading books about heroes overcoming adversity, we are often encouraged to do the same. Whether it's a romance novel or a self-help book, the right book can motivate you to never give up and stay positive.
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Boats, yachts, historical events and books about the sea are generally excellent. If there are sequels in your series, I would love to read them.
The beauties of owning the books of important authors cannot be discussed. I'm looking forward to your new books.
For friends who want to read this book, I leave the importance of reading a book here. I wish good luck to the sellers and customers...
Top 10 benefits of reading for all ages:
1. Reading Exercises the Brain
As we read, we need to remember the different characters and settings of a particular story. Even if you enjoy reading a book in one sitting, you need to remember the details during the time you devote to reading the book. Therefore, reading is an exercise for your brain that improves memory function.
2. Reading Is a (free) Form of Entertainment
Did you know that most of the popular TV series and movies are based on books? So why not indulge in the original form of entertainment by immersing yourself in reading? Most importantly, it's free with your Markham Public Library card.
3. Reading Improves Concentration and Focus
We all agree that there can be no reading without focus, and we need to concentrate on every page we read to fully understand the story. In a world where gadgets only speed up and shorten our attention span, we must constantly practice concentration and focus. Reading is one of the few activities that requires your undivided attention, so it improves your ability to concentrate.
4. Reading Improves Literacy
Have you ever read a book where you come across a word you don't know? Books have the power to improve your vocabulary by introducing you to new words. The more you read, the more your vocabulary will improve as well as your ability to communicate effectively. Also, reading improves writing skills by helping the reader understand and learn different writing styles.
5. Reading Improves Sleep
By creating a bedtime routine that includes reading, you can signal to your body that it's time to sleep. Now more than ever, we rely on increased screen time to get through the day. That's why you put your phone away and pick up a book and tell your brain it's time to calm down. Also, since reading helps you relieve stress, reading right before bed helps calm your mind and anxiety and improve your sleep quality.
6. Reading Increases General Knowledge
Books are always full of fun and interesting facts. Whether we read fiction or non-fiction, books have the ability to provide us with information we might not otherwise know. Reading various topics can make you a more knowledgeable person and therefore improve your speaking skills.
7. Reading Is Motivating
By reading books about heroes overcoming adversity, we are often encouraged to do the same. Whether it's a romance novel or a self-help book, the right book can motivate you to never give up and stay positive.
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June 2, 2024
Yes, The Lion at Sea is full of coincidences, both convenient and inconvenient, but it is also full of gritty realism. It captures the dreaded routine, the moribund bureaucracy, the horrors of traditional ideas that cost thousands of lives for all the wrong reasons and the often indecisive action with high butcher’s bills.
Kelly Maguire is a young officer determined to make it in the Royal Navy of World War I despite, rather than because of, his father the admiral. He believes his father is out of date in terms of his thinking and blames many of the losses throughout the war on antiquated thinking. It seems that the Royal Navy was long on ceremony as described in the royal review that takes place early in the book: “…it took more than six hour for the enormous armada to pass before the royal yacht; though the exercises, Kelly noticed, bore little resemblance to war and still seemed more concerned with a sort of ceremonial dance arranged for ships.” (p. 52) Now, you’re certain that a book on WWI naval action is going to take you into the Battle of Jutland, but Hennessy not only gives you a destroyer’s-eye view of that battle, but a marvelous variety of different challenges for Maguire. All of the challenges seem to fit Maguire’s perspective that the war is being mismanaged. Even upon victory, he thought: “…those people who talked glibly of a holy war and their pride in the army ought to see the mustard gase cases, while God, King and Country often seemed a dangerously voracious trio.” (p. 276)
I’ve read a lot of fighting naval novels (admittedly, more in the fighting sail era), but The Lion at Sea offers an interesting mix of mission parameters and realism to go with the obligatory action and adventure. It’s better than I had hoped and I expect to enjoy the entire trilogy.
Kelly Maguire is a young officer determined to make it in the Royal Navy of World War I despite, rather than because of, his father the admiral. He believes his father is out of date in terms of his thinking and blames many of the losses throughout the war on antiquated thinking. It seems that the Royal Navy was long on ceremony as described in the royal review that takes place early in the book: “…it took more than six hour for the enormous armada to pass before the royal yacht; though the exercises, Kelly noticed, bore little resemblance to war and still seemed more concerned with a sort of ceremonial dance arranged for ships.” (p. 52) Now, you’re certain that a book on WWI naval action is going to take you into the Battle of Jutland, but Hennessy not only gives you a destroyer’s-eye view of that battle, but a marvelous variety of different challenges for Maguire. All of the challenges seem to fit Maguire’s perspective that the war is being mismanaged. Even upon victory, he thought: “…those people who talked glibly of a holy war and their pride in the army ought to see the mustard gase cases, while God, King and Country often seemed a dangerously voracious trio.” (p. 276)
I’ve read a lot of fighting naval novels (admittedly, more in the fighting sail era), but The Lion at Sea offers an interesting mix of mission parameters and realism to go with the obligatory action and adventure. It’s better than I had hoped and I expect to enjoy the entire trilogy.
April 4, 2021
A new writer/series of naval novels for me. The first book starts in 1910 to 1913 as introductory sections, but the main story starts just beef commencement of war in 1914.
The book is very well written has good secretion of the various military engagements and provides a good flavour of what it would have been like. Much is made of the problems with the Victorian managed era of the Navy operating 20th century weapons without an adequate understanding of what had changed and how the Navy itself has to change to win the war. Most of the lessons were learnt in the 1920s and 30s during the slow inter-war decline.
I enjoyed reading, what is largely a "boy's own" adventure story, but it really is hard to credit what are taken from real life events to a single young officer being present. That is one weakness of the story. The other is a lack of depiction of British society, which is ultimately why Patrick O'Brien series is more enjoyable, although the Nelsonian navy and ships of the line are infinitely more alien environment to us.
The book is very well written has good secretion of the various military engagements and provides a good flavour of what it would have been like. Much is made of the problems with the Victorian managed era of the Navy operating 20th century weapons without an adequate understanding of what had changed and how the Navy itself has to change to win the war. Most of the lessons were learnt in the 1920s and 30s during the slow inter-war decline.
I enjoyed reading, what is largely a "boy's own" adventure story, but it really is hard to credit what are taken from real life events to a single young officer being present. That is one weakness of the story. The other is a lack of depiction of British society, which is ultimately why Patrick O'Brien series is more enjoyable, although the Nelsonian navy and ships of the line are infinitely more alien environment to us.
May 4, 2021
What a fantastic read! Cross Kydd, Flashman and Sharpe and you get Kelly Maguire. Well, perhaps less Flashman. Of course he has a sweetheart and an antagonist. Like most of our heroes he hails from a "titled" family who are of course, in financial hard times.
The book takes you through the British navy WWI. Maguire is at most of the battles/engagements and how he gets there is completely believable. I mean he left subs because of his pneumonia and ends up at Jutland. Brings his destroyer back stern first! Does he survive? Does he? Of course. It is a trilogy. Read it for fun and brush up on WWI. Fall in love with his girlfriend and pull for his enlisted follower- the equivalent of Sharpe's Patrick Harper!
The book takes you through the British navy WWI. Maguire is at most of the battles/engagements and how he gets there is completely believable. I mean he left subs because of his pneumonia and ends up at Jutland. Brings his destroyer back stern first! Does he survive? Does he? Of course. It is a trilogy. Read it for fun and brush up on WWI. Fall in love with his girlfriend and pull for his enlisted follower- the equivalent of Sharpe's Patrick Harper!
January 8, 2026
Brilliant, what else can I say
This book was in my library for over a year, when I decided to read it, and I'm so glad I did, in fact I wished I did so earlier. From the start I was taken in with storytelling, the characters and the history, and how the author managed to involve all of the above so flawlessly, and merge so many different events into the story without taking it away from the overall premise of the main character and believing he was really part of those historical events, and must read all way.
This book was in my library for over a year, when I decided to read it, and I'm so glad I did, in fact I wished I did so earlier. From the start I was taken in with storytelling, the characters and the history, and how the author managed to involve all of the above so flawlessly, and merge so many different events into the story without taking it away from the overall premise of the main character and believing he was really part of those historical events, and must read all way.
December 23, 2019
An OK novel covering an unusual time period
Not many naval novels cover WW I. This one jumps all over, with Maguire being present at the first sinkings of British warships, then at the Dardanelles in a submarine and then in a destroyer at Jutland. Quite a bit of travel. One jarring note is the author's tendency to put quotes from various historical figured into the mouths of his characters. Still a worthwhile book for airline travel.
Not many naval novels cover WW I. This one jumps all over, with Maguire being present at the first sinkings of British warships, then at the Dardanelles in a submarine and then in a destroyer at Jutland. Quite a bit of travel. One jarring note is the author's tendency to put quotes from various historical figured into the mouths of his characters. Still a worthwhile book for airline travel.
July 6, 2021
First novel in a series set in the First World War. The novel is based around the factual events of the First World war and moves with pace. The main character develops as the book moves forward and becomes an efficient naval officer whilst not particularly endearing himself to the reader. The first fifty pages are not an easy read but set the scene and once past them the action and adventure starts
June 10, 2019
Interwoven With History
I purchased the Jelly Maguire trilogy because of the price and because as ex Royal Navy the subject t interests me.
What a great read, the lead character's story is interwoven with historical events and moves along at a great pace.
The first one finished its immediately into the series of.
I purchased the Jelly Maguire trilogy because of the price and because as ex Royal Navy the subject t interests me.
What a great read, the lead character's story is interwoven with historical events and moves along at a great pace.
The first one finished its immediately into the series of.
February 22, 2021
I picked this up by mistake, but found that it was I who had made the mistake of not finding this author earlier.
I can say without the shadow of a doubt that he is as good as that old stalwart, bless his soul, Douglas Reeman, who slipped below the waves a year or more ago.
I was gripped from the beginning until the end and look forward to reading the next in this trilogy of 'Young Maguire'.
I can say without the shadow of a doubt that he is as good as that old stalwart, bless his soul, Douglas Reeman, who slipped below the waves a year or more ago.
I was gripped from the beginning until the end and look forward to reading the next in this trilogy of 'Young Maguire'.
February 23, 2021
A fictional take on naval warfare during WWI. The main character served in three different types of ships, so you got a inside view of the workings and routines aboard these classes of ships during war over a hundred years ago. The battles were correct in fact, and not glossed over for the fictional story, and if you have read about WWI it was quite interesting.
April 27, 2024
Superb descriptions made me feel I was alongside Kelly and his friends throughout their skirmishes. Thankfully there are always brave heroes who step up as war is neither pretty or soft. Certainly highlights the atrocities of wartime. Highly recommend this work, have already purchased the next in the series. Excellent read.
January 29, 2025
Thoroughly enjoyable insight into naval life and military action not to mention the whole aspect of divisions within UK society. In our modern society we sometimes forget how bad it was for most people in the early 2oth century when even ambitious officers from poorer backgrounds struggled to survive.
May 27, 2019
Enjoyed it.
Fast paced fun read. It reminded me of the Horatio Hornblower books, that I loved, growing up. Set in WW1 the book covered several campaigns that I knew of, but little about.
Fast paced fun read. It reminded me of the Horatio Hornblower books, that I loved, growing up. Set in WW1 the book covered several campaigns that I knew of, but little about.
August 17, 2019
Naval action with a touch of history
Twisting a heroic adventure into the hell of war the story manages to reveal a feeling of involvement in the bumbling ineffectiveness of naval tradition
Twisting a heroic adventure into the hell of war the story manages to reveal a feeling of involvement in the bumbling ineffectiveness of naval tradition
January 16, 2020
Very entertaining and depicts the very colorful rendition of the Jutland battle I've been looking for years. And certainly, I would NEVER be in a ship with Kelly Maguire, the survival odds are just too low.
March 27, 2020
I enjoyed it
Good story well executed,the Battle of Jutland was graphic to say the least as it has been pointed out previously not exactly accurate it does not detract from the story looking forward to the next in the series.
Good story well executed,the Battle of Jutland was graphic to say the least as it has been pointed out previously not exactly accurate it does not detract from the story looking forward to the next in the series.
May 30, 2020
Set in the British Navy during WW I. The action was well told. The plot was convoluted with the hero being on two ships sunk and several other adventures that were far fetched. Still, it was an interesting read.
June 3, 2020
Trilogy book one for a land lubber it is great. I am looking forward to next book in series and hope it is just as enjoyable.
Hope to get on it right away. This kept my attention all the way. The navy terms required a lot of research
Hope to get on it right away. This kept my attention all the way. The navy terms required a lot of research
December 3, 2020
Great story about the Royal Navy from 1911 through Jutland. Lt Maguire gets around a lot so that you get a view of most of the naval part of the war. Also a little glimpse at the Turks and Arabs. Enthralling. Highly recommended.
June 21, 2021
This is an outstanding piece of historical fiction.
I learned so much about the WW2, especially the war at sea.
Amazing action and characters.
Looking forward to the next book of Captain Maguire's war adventures.
I learned so much about the WW2, especially the war at sea.
Amazing action and characters.
Looking forward to the next book of Captain Maguire's war adventures.
July 3, 2021
Great War Story
This was the very true story and I was left with a lot of things to ponder. Total chaos and mismanagement on all sides, but a happy ending. Looking forward to the next one in the series.
This was the very true story and I was left with a lot of things to ponder. Total chaos and mismanagement on all sides, but a happy ending. Looking forward to the next one in the series.
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