The Guns Of Navarone - Alistair MacLean

I bought my copy of this book in a small bookshop in Stockton for £3.97 in their sale. I bought it specifically because my husband had bought the DVD and I always like to read a book before it is interpreted for film. I have read one or two of Maclains other books and expected to enjoy this one, but was quite unprepared for just how good this book is. It has all the necessary ingredients for a totally absorbing book: a truly great story very well written the right length The story: Set in world war 2 (WW2) the Germans need to bring Turkey into the war on their side - and use the theatre of the ... more

A classic piece of fiction from one of the all time masters of the action fiction novel. MacLean in my opinion never wrote a bad novel and this rates in my top five by the same author, alongside San Andreas, Last Frontier, Where Eagles Dare and Fear is the Key. I guess most people will have seen the film with Peck, Niven and Quinn, and let me start by saying that in reading this book you will not be disappointed. If anything the books is even better than the film. Set during the Second World War, Germany is recovering its possessions in the East Med, and making a big show of it to entice ... more

Guns of naverone The guns of naverone…… truly one of many Alistair Maclean greats. Background The film is set during the second world war 1942-1943 during the time when the German military is nearing the end of it campaign to effectively push turkey into the war by showing a massive show of strength and efficiency. Germany desperately needs an ally that will have some effect in the MED – since Italy showed herself to be a waste of time. Hitler does this by evicting the British from dozens of islands that hold no strategic importance to him, but it does show his clear ... more