num_pages: 222
description: Collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched his writing career the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship Bismarck and two new stories collected here for the first time.THE MASTER STORYTELLER IN HIS ELEMENTAlistair MacLean has an unmistakable and unrivalled skill in writing about the sea and its power and about the men and women who sail it and who fight and die in it.His distinctive voice was evident from his very first prize-winning story The Dileas and has been heard time and again in his international career as the author of such bestsellers as H.M.S. Ulysses and San Andreas.The Lonely Sea starts where MacLeans career started with The Dileas and collects together his stories of the sea. Here is a treasury of vintage MacLean compelling and brilliant where the master storyteller is in his element.This reissue includes two new stories The Good Samaritan and The Black Storm which bear all the classic hallmarks of MacLeans finest writing and are published here for the very first time. The Dileas --St. George and the dragon --The Arandora star --Rawalpindi --The sinking of the Bismarck --The Meknes --MacHinery and the cauliflowers --Lancastria --McCrimmon and the blue moonstones --They sweep the seas --City of Benares --The gold watch --Rendezvous --The Jervis Bay --The black storm --The good samaritan --Postscript: Rewards and responsibilities of success
language: English
title: The Lonely Sea: Collected Short Stories
publisher: Doubleday