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King's Shilling
- British Military Quartet, Book 2
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
As a powerful insurgent army closes on Liberia's capital, London is forced to act, and HMS Beaufort is dispatched to West Africa to pull British nationals from the teeth of encroaching danger. But when the volatile situation ashore unravels, the frigate's crew must draw deep on reserves of skill, ingenuity and sheer bloody-mindedness to save it. And with time running out, Beaufort's Captain makes the decision to take his ship upriver....
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- Jeremy Nicholson
- 07-02-21
Does what it says on the tin
If, like me, this is what you like, you will love it. Fans of Tom Clancy, John Buchan, Gerald Seymour and the like form an orderly queue.
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- John Booth
- 16-11-17
Another tremendous tale of daring do
This book does not help you to sleep it is far to gripping. Contains appropriate service language :-)
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- Stephen Barry
- 06-05-21
A Tremendous Tale
A Tremendous Tale of courage suspense and excitement. couldn't put it down. It stirs great pride in the Royal Navy
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- Robarillo
- 15-08-22
best book I've listened to for ages
excellent couldn't stop listening
if you like Patrick Robinson this books for you helps if you know some navy abbreviations but not a deal breaker
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- Marbo
- 31-03-21
Frantic!
Exhausted from the pace of the final chapters! Crash boom bang Lunnon-Wood masterpiece. Great read.
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- Kindle Customer
- 28-11-23
This book took me there
Words are hard to find when trying to describe this Authors books. This is the third book I have read and I am not looking forward to finishing the final one as I have been spoiled enhanced and completely captivated by the writers skills.
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- Derrick
- 24-07-18
Boys' Own stuff - brill !
I really enjoyed this book. If, like me, you grew up on a rich diet of black & white British war films, then you will find much to enjoy in this updated version of such classics as "We dive at dawn", "In which we serve" and "The Yangtze Incident". It's a British crew, up against it and coming through with flying colours.
Unlike the standard "techno-thriller", there is much less focus on the technology and more on the story and the characters. Equally, whilst Tom Clancy or Stephen Coontz would have a single, all-conquering hero, this is an ensemble piece, but with just as much flag-waving as either could muster.
I draw the comparison with old war movies advisedly, however. Both in the writing and the narration, this really is a 1940's war movie transplanted to 1996. We may have WRENs and female officers, but the classic components of a '40s film are all, splendidly, here. We have understated officers, cheeky matelots who do something terribly brave and then exclaim that they could "murder a cup o' tea"; only to be scolded by some grizzled, salty Petty Officer who keeps it all together. As an aside for the more sensitive listener, the one allowance to "modernism" is that there is quite a lot of strong language, with the "C" word much in evidence. Nevertheless, if this were a film, Laurence Olivier would be the captain, Richard Todd would lead the shore party and John Mills would pop up to be cheery in the face of danger; "Cripes, we are going to be for it now !".
If I am honest, the narration is a bit much; it really is voiced straight out of the 1940s. Naval officers have not had accents like this since Suez. But that really is me being churlish. This is great fun, and if you are not left a bit moved by the deeply predictable ending, then I would be amazed that you had got as far as that.
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- daniel c.
- 23-09-21
Cracking read
Read all his books and this is up the with the best of them great characters and stories
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- Andrew N.
- 19-04-17
Gripping
A must read for any ex-ranker, second in the series as good or better than the first. Just down loaded third and forth (final) book in series, can't wait!
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- Street
- 26-06-19
Enjoyable
An enjoyable easy listen, again a bit boys own and a bit far fetched but that's what action adventure is all about. Another brilliant performance by John Telfer whose characterisations are varied and believable.
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3 people found this helpful