The Sea Shall Not Have Them [Paperback]

John Harris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1994

This is John Harris' classic war novel of espionage in the most extreme of situations. An essential flight from France leaves the crew of RAF Hudson missing, and somewhere in the North Sea four men cling to a dinghy, praying for rescue before exposure kills them or the enemy finds them. One man is critically injured; another (a rocket expert) is carrying a briefcase stuffed with vital secrets. As time begins to run out each man yearns to evade capture. This story charts the daring and courage of these men, their rescuers and a breathtaking mission with the most awesome of consequences.

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'A master of the gripping adventure yarn' -- The Daily Telegraph --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

John Harris, who also wrote under the pen names of Mark Hebden and Max Hennessy was born in 1916. He authored the best-selling The Sea Shall Not Have Them. He was a sailor, an airman, a journalist, a travel courier, a cartoonist and a history teacher. During the Second World War he served with two air forces and two navies. After turning to full-time writing, Harris wrote adventure stories and created a sequence of crime novels around the quirky fictional character Chief Inspector Pel. A master of war and crime fiction, his enduring novels are versatile and entertaining. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Imprint unknown (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855015803
• ISBN-13: 978-1855015807
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars High Seas Rescue, May 22, 2001

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Eric Knudsen (Hayward, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sea Shall Not Have Them (Hardcover)

In the final days of the second world war, a British aircraft is shot down over the cold North Sea. Her crew, carrying vital information, huddle in a tiny raft, anxiously scanning the horizon for friend or foe.

"The Sea Shall Not Have Them" is the story of the Royal Air Force's Air-Sea Rescue Service, a little known group that rescued thousands of downed airmen from the elements and the enemy. In small, high-speed launches, these sailors in RAF blue performed a gallant but none too glamorous service, recorded here by one of their own, author John Harris.

2.0 out of 5 stars AIR SEA RESCUE, October 3, 2011

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This review is from: The Sea Shall Not Have Them (Kindle Edition)

This was an interesting book in as much as it is the first I have read on the RAF Air Sea Rescue service. The action is good but much of the book, which only covers about 24 hours, is nothing more than crew members and aircraft survivors talking and the RAF Group Captain's problems with one of his junior officers.