Nobby's War

The Complete Edition

von Darren Valsler

646 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A SAILOR. A WAR. A JOURNEY THAT SPANNED THE WORLD.In 1940, Norbert "Nobby" Hoysted leaves behind his quiet life in Reading, his wife Winifred and everything familiar to answer his country's call.Alongside his closest friend, George, he enters the Royal Navy as an ordinary young man uncertain of what lies ahead. But when George is selected to serve aboard HMS Hood, their paths divide-and the devastating loss that follows will remain with Nobby throughout the war.Drawn into the newly formed Combined Operations, Nobby must master the dangerous and demanding world of landing craft. From the rugged training grounds of Scotland to the assault on Madagascar, and onward through India, Burma, Northwest Europe and the shattered harbour of Hamburg, his journey carries him across oceans and through some of the most unforgiving theatres of the Second World War.Yet this is more than a story of ships, battles and distant shores. It is a story of friendship and loss, courage and duty, and the quiet determination of an ordinary sailor who repeatedly finds himself called upon to do extraordinary things.Inspired by the genuine wartime service of Norbert Whitehead Hoysted and reconstructed from surviving naval records, family memories, photographs and historical research, Nobby's War blends documented history with carefully imagined personal experience.This complete edition brings Nobby's remarkable wartime journey together in one volume-from the moment he leaves civilian life to his final return home.For readers of authentic Second World War historical fiction, naval history and deeply personal stories of ordinary people living through extraordinary times.

• ISBN: 9798193031239
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp