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The Destroyers

By: Douglas Reeman
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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From the author of The First to Land, a novel set during World War II. They called them the Scrapyard Flotilla. After a quarter of a century of service, the eight destroyers had seen all kinds of action.

Now they were to be used in raids to open the way for the invasion of Occupied Europe.

©1974 Douglas Reeman (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Historical Fiction Fiction

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Excellent read, an excitng action at every turn of the page. Ideal for old sea salts like me!

Exciting, full of action.

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just the thing for when one needs to distract oneself from the bigger issues of the day. True British navy through and through.

another Mans book

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One of the best of all his many books.

Such a shame people like David M who gave such a bizarre review have no imagination, compassion or understanding and worse still such ‘reviews’ can’t be down voted.

Excellent

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Destroyers to be better than the print version?

yes

Who was your favorite character and why?

Drummond

What does David Rintoul bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

He always bring that calm so typical of the period

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

You don't live forever

Any additional comments?

The books by Reeman should be printed by 'Mills and Boon' they are really romantic novels not war stories

Not Just A War Storey

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What a brilliant and persuasive story well written and devilishly narrated to perfect effect
I'm sure we will never pass this way again
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Exemplary

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