The Volunteers

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<p>Writing as himself, Douglas Reeman spins a marvellous and enthralling yarn of the sea in<i>The Volunteers</i>. He also writes as his pen author Alexander Kent; author of the bestselling Bolitho adventures.</p><p>They were the men and women of the Royal Navy's Special Operations units. Carrying out lightning raids on hostile coasts, they became a navy within a navy - each hand-picked for their individual skills, and all of them courageous. Against the mighty backdrop of World War II they performed their small but deadly operations - living often beyond hope, sometimes beyond mercy. This is the dramatic story of a handful of such people - The Volunteers.</p>

Autorenportrait

Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.

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