The Guns Of Navarone, Alistair MacLean
The Guns Of Navarone, Alistair MacLean
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The Guns Of Navarone

Author: Alistair MacLean

Narrator: Toby Stephens

Unabridged: 2 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2010


Synopsis

It is 1943. Two huge German guns in the grim, impregnable fortress on a huge beautiful island off the coast of Turkey are having a devastating impact on Allied shipping and preventing the evacuation of hard-pressed British troops from the nearby island of Kheros. The Germans are poised to overrun and unless the guns can be put out of action within a matter of days, a thousand men will die. All previous attempts to attack the fortress of Navarone have failed. It is time for one last desperate throw of the dice. And so a select Subversive Operations commando unit, led by the famous pre-war mountaineer Captain Keith Mallory, launches a daring and very possibly suicidal raid... This BBC Radio 2 dramatisation starring Toby Stephens and Michael Williams brings to exhilarating life one of the greatest adventure stories of World War Two.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rowan on June 01, 2022

I wore out the VHS of this growing up, so it was time I finally read the novel! “Let’s get away from this joint. Gettin’ downright unhealthy round these parts.” It was impossible not to imagine the likes of Gregory Peck as Mallory, Anthony Quinn as Andrea, and David Niven as Miller while reading this......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on February 27, 2020

En general, no me ha gustado como narra la acción y tampoco hay mucha. Demasiadas descripciones y muchas, repetidas. Demasiado diálogo y demasiado largo con demasiadas acotaciones. Poca fluidez. La parte final se hace aburrida. In general, I did not like how the action is narrated and there is not muc......more

Goodreads review by Bob on March 24, 2014

A classic thriller. MacLean always delivered the goods. I remember devouring all of his titles out of the library. I wouldn't suggest doing them in a row, because things can get a little repetitive. But that's to be expected of almost any author. The concept, of having a team as the only way to take......more

Goodreads review by Iain on April 12, 2023

Re-Reading for first time since teenager. Must have made an impression as I remember it quite well! Good old fashioned daring-do action in WW2. No complicated politics or emotions, just good guys trying to save other good guys from bad guys. Cracking adventure writing.......more

Goodreads review by Rodrigo on October 18, 2024

Me ha gustado, ha sido una gran ambientación, y que lejanos recuerdos de la película venían a mi mente, habrá que revisionarla. Fue muchísimo mas difícil el camino que la meta , MADRE MIA QUE PENALIDADES para llegar, una vez lograron entrar, fue todo mucho mas "sencillo". Si os gustan las novela bélic......more