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The Good Shepherd (Paperback)

by C.S. Forester (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Simon Publications; Reprint edition (19 Dec 1955)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 193131327X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1931313278
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 905,662 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Allied escorts fight off Nazi U-boat wolfpacks, 20 Aug 2001
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World War II's Battle for the Atlantic is told through the story of an England-bound convoy protected by a thin screen of American, British and Canadian destroyers and corvettes. The Good Shepherd is the captain of the American destroyer. As the senior Allied officer, he takes command of the escort vessels, even though he has had no combat experience. As always, Forester does an excellent job of putting the reader on the bridge with the American captain as he makes the myriad of decisions on defending the convoy, deploying his escorts and fighting his own ship through numerous U-boat wolfpack attacks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hornblower meets "The Cruel Sea", 31 Aug 2006
By Marshall Lord (Whitehaven, UK) - See all my reviews
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Cecil Scott Forester is, of course, best known as the creator of Horatio Hornblower, but he also wrote a number of other books, including some excellent stories of war at sea in the 20th century.

"The Good Shepherd" is the story of the captain of an American destroyer who is commanding the escort for a beleaguered convoy at the height of the battle of the Atlantic. He has to fight off both repeated U-boat attacks and the sea itself.

The book has points of considerable similarity to Nicholas Montsarrat's classic "The Cruel Sea" - if you like that book you will like this one, and vice versa. Both Forester and Montsarrat had spent time at sea aboard warships during WW2, Forester while working for the Ministry of Information and researching his superlative book "The Ship," while Montsarrat had actually commanded corvettes and frigates on convoy escort duty during the Battle of the Atlantic. In both cases the authors' experience really shows.

I strongly recommend this book. If you like it, and want to read other C.S. Forester stories of war at sea during World War II, I can suggest three others which may appeal to you. They are "Gold from Crete" which is an excellent short story collection; "The man in the yellow raft" about action in a US destroyer during the Pacific war; and best of all "The Ship," loosely based on the real events of the Second Battle of Sirte, which is an absolutely brilliant account of a light cruiser in action while defending a Malta convoy against greatly superior forces.
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