Alexander Fullerton (1924–2008)

Es el año 1917 y la primera guerra mundial está en su máximo apogeo. Nicholas Everard es el segundo al mando del destructor inglés Mackerel. Durante un peligroso enfrentamiento con los destructores alemanes, el Mackerel está a punto de hundirse a causa de la ambición y testarudez de su propio capitán, pero la sangre fría de Everard durante el ataque y sus soberbias dotes de mando consiguen salvar del desastre a la nave y a su tripulación. Este acto de heroísmo hace que Everard consiga su propio destructor, justo a tiempo para participar en el ataque al puerto belga de Zeebrugge, en la víspera del día de san Jorge. En plena batalla, Nick se encuentra con su antiguo superior, el capitán Wyatt.… (mehr)

Page turners with merit

This review is for all 9 books in the series, which stretches across 2 world wars and focuses on three key members of the Everard family. The chatacters are well enough drawn and one cannot be surprised at their aristocratic background - it would seem too miraculous to put working class characters in positions of responsibility and ultimately leadership. So the Baronet Nick Everard very soon becomes a destroyer captain, then a cruiser captain and ulimately the commodore of military escorts to Atlantic convoys in WW2. His son to a Russian post revolution countess, Paul, becomes a submariner of note in the second war and his other son, allegedly a half brother but in reality his and his father's wife's love child, Jack, becomes an opponent in Nick's rather complicated family structure. Fullerton knows how to create tension and this last book excels in that area.… (mehr)