Nicholas Monsarrat

Erstes Kapitel Das Flugzeug — eine schäbige alte Dakota — bockte zweimal in der Mittagshitze und begann dann seinen stetigen Flug. Windhoek ließ es zurück, eine staubige Stadt in trockenem Wüstengestrüpp. Kurz darauf überquerte es die westafrikanische Küstenlinie und steuerte über...

Fedlapja kopottas, a széleken sérült. The Alcestis, a British luxury liner, moored in New York and bound on a cruise to the Caribbean, South America and Africa, awaits her exclusive passengers - businessmen with mid-life crises, large bank balances and unforgiving wives; legacy-laden women...

Fedlapja kopottas, gerince megtört, deformált, néhány oldala foltos.

A fedlap enyhén megsárgult, szélei sérültek. The Alcestis, a British luxury liner, moored in New York and bound on a cruise to the Caribbean, South America and Africa, awaits her exclusive passengers - businessmen with mid-life crises, large bank balances and unforgiving wives; legacy-laden...

BEFORE THE CURTAIN This is the story—the long and true story—of one ocean, two ships, and about a hundred and fifty men. It is a long story because it deals with a long and brutal battle, the worst of any war. It has two ships because one was sunk, and had to be replaced. It has a hundred...