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The Wreck of the Mary Deare
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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They dismissed the Mary Deare as ‘a piece of leaking ironmongery taken off the junk heap’. For 40 years this 6,000-ton freighter had tramped the seas, suffered shipwreck twice, and been torpedoed three times in two world wars. Then one March night, battered and bruised and empty, she emerged from severe Biscay gales into the English Channel - and into the newspaper headlines. Here was a ship of mystery and tragedy... in one of the greatest sea stories of all time.
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- StephenM
- 30-01-18
First Hammond Innes Novel
Really enjoyable, wanted to keep on listening full of suspense and mystery.
Narrator was really good made for easy listening.
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- Amy
- 05-11-17
Age shall not weary them.....
I thought this would seem a bit dated, but I was so wrong! Hammond Innes is a master storyteller.
Bill Wallis reads beautifully- he really took me to those places.
Thoroughly recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-04-18
An enthralling yarn, brilliantly narrated!
I enjoyed this audio book very much and thoroughly recommend it. The narrator was excellent.
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- mr d marsh
- 23-08-22
Cracking sea yarn
Wrecking ,storms, baddies, possible baddies. devious schemes -all bought together in a story i barely remember from seeing the Hollywood film years ago.
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- mike
- 09-11-22
Excellent
Great Yarn and very well read. Revisited this book after 50years and was not disappointed.
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- J Taylor
- 10-09-21
.highly recommended,
I read this book over fifty years ago, was highly impressed then, and decided to try my recently acquired Audible version. It goes without saying that the writing and the story are first class, matched by the narration by Bill Wallace which simply complemented the whole.
Having read the book first, I found that Audible enhances the pictures
formed by the reader.
All in all, highly recommended.
the Audible enhances the pictures the reader
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- Boggard
- 30-01-22
Interesting story
I had previously read this book and enjoyed it. Having it read to me by Bill Wallis was an experience. Bill is an excellent reader.
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- Peter Thomas
- 15-07-10
Surprsingly Good
Chose this because of the narrator, was very pleasantly surprised very well written beautifully narrated a gripping thriller with many twists and turns perhaps too much nautical detail but I really did enjoy it.
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- Lee
- 08-06-17
A superb listen
Or so my husband says. Good story and plot. Worth a credit :) well read by the narrator.
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- Robin B
- 16-01-12
Hammond Innes The Wreck of the Mary Deare
This is a wonderful tale, woven by Hammond Innes and brilliantly narrated by Bill Wallis. He conveys the hardship and completely brings to life the tough and miserable conditions through which the main characters endure - a truly great story teller. For anyone who has ever sailed around the Channel Islands area then this is a must. I really wish that there were more of these classic books (set in the late 40s early 50s) by authors such as Hammond Innes and Neville Shute on audio book. Please record some more Hammond Innes
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