Antony Trew (1906–1996)
Auteur de Two Hours to Darkness
A propos de l'auteur
Antony Trew spent many years at sea. During the 1939-1945 war he served with the Mediterranean Fleet in the 22nd Anti-Submarine Group and in Western Approaches where he commanded the destroyer Walker. He was awarded the DSC and died in 996.
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Œuvres de Antony Trew
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Trew, Antony Francis
- Date de naissance
- 1906-06-05
- Date de décès
- 1996-01-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- South Africa
- Lieu de naissance
- Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
- Lieu du décès
- Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Mozambique
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Greenwich, London, England, UK
Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK - Professions
- naval officer
Director-General, Automobile Association of South Africa
novelist - Prix et distinctions
- Distinguished Service Cross (1945)
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Critiques
A savage realism is this novel's greatest strength as pre-war friends fight an unwitting duel in the Arctic Ocean as U-boats harry a convoy to Murmansk. The weary stressed destroyer captain is contrasted with his brave German friend and a cowardly U-boat captain. There is a clinical approach even to the emotions of the characters, however, and I felt more of an observer than a participant.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 229
- Popularité
- #98,340
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 129
- Langues
- 6
During World War II, he participated in the Battle of Midway and 12 combat patrols, earning 10 decorations for gallantry, including the Navy Cross. After the war, he served as the naval aide to the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and commanded the first submerged circumnavigation.
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