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The Guns of Navarone

By: Alistair MacLean
Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
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 The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

The guns of Navarone, huge and catastrophically accurate, embedded atop an impregnable iron fortress in the Mediterranean Sea.

Twelve hundred British soldiers trapped on a nearby island, with no hope of rescue from Allied ships, waiting to die.

Keith Mallory, world-famous mountaineer, skilled saboteur. His mission: to lead a small team of misfits and silence the guns forever.

Reaching the island and scaling the sheer cliffs undetected will be hard enough; defeating the German forces and destroying the massive guns all but impossible. And as for getting out alive when there may be a traitor in the team…

 Action & Adventure Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense War & Military Thriller War Technology

Critic reviews

‘Could hardly be bettered.’
Sunday Times

‘Its strength comes from the speed of its narrative, its vivid creation of tensions and its power in handling descriptions of action.’
Evening Standard

‘Action sustained at a high pitch. From the outset there is a feeling of suspense: a problem that can only be solved by action involving danger and demanding courage … an insistently gripping tale.’
Scotsman
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I watched the film a few days ago and enjoyed it. Then I purchased the unabridged book and throughly enjoyed much more than the film.

Excellent Listen

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Nothing love the author one of his best stories love it have many in many formats

Adventure and drama

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Loved the different accents given to the various characters especially Miller and the differences between this and the movie. Not good or bad thing that the women from the movie did not feature in this audiobook. Mostly pleased.

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Arguably the best work from the Thriller Writers Thriller Writer! The pace, detail and suspense never falter!

An all time classic.

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A very good adventure story, well written and expertly told a very pleasant way to have the full range of the books secrets read out while relaxing. At 80. I find it better than the TV.
Please keep these storied coming

High tension adventure story'.

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