With each day bringing greater destruction, and increasing hardships aboard the frozen cruiser, it soon becomes a tense and deadly game of cat and mouse between the crippled Ulysses and her silent pursuers. 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. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. Originally published in 1955, it was also released by Fontana Books in 1960. HMS Ulysses - Ebook written by Alistair MacLean. Surging deep into the frozen Arctic waters, they must battle not only the fierce weather, but German attacks from the air, the sea, and beneath the waves, as the feared U-boats close in on their prey. HMS Ulysses was the debut novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. Already pushed beyond the limits of endurance, HMS Ulysses and her crew must put to sea again, to escort a vital supply convoy heading for Murmansk. HMS Ulysses Alistair MacLean 4.07 6,929 ratings380 reviews The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II.
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