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Patrol
- Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
1943, the North African desert. Major Tim Sheldon, exhausted and battle weary, is tasked with carrying out a futile and unexpected patrol mission. Fred Majdalany's intimate, tense novel puts this so-called minor action centre stage, as over the course of the day and through the night of the patrol itself, Sheldon reminisces about his time as a soldier, his own future and what it means to confront fear.
Based on Fred Majdalany's own wartime experience with the Lancashire Fusiliers in North Africa, this new edition of a 1953 classic includes a contextual introduction from IWM which sheds new light on the true events that so inspired its author.
Critic reviews
"If poetry was the supreme literary form of the First World War then, as if in riposte, in the Second World War, the English novel came of age. This wonderful series is an exemplary reminder of that fact." (William Boyd)
"An absolute gem. The attention to detail, the rising tension and the utterly convincing characters...stunning." (James Holland)
"When a man has been a soldier and seen action, he writes of war with true understanding and with authority. When that man writes with wit, elegance and imagination, as Fred Majdalany does in Patrol, he produces a military masterpiece." (Alan Mallison)
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- Angus
- 30-06-21
Brilliant - short but powerful
I’d never heard of this before. Superbly written story. Slightly cliched in places but very powerful. Narration is on the whole good but slightly hammy.
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- Heather G.
- 25-01-21
thoughtful story good listen
interesting and unusual story set in ww2 north african campaign. the nation is good and well suited to the subject
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- Mike A
- 05-03-23
Delightfully surprising and wish I found this sooner
If you are looking for a WW2 fictional book that is very realistic and from the perspective of a Tommy, look no further.
Please note if you are after alot of combat this book may not be for you. It has some combat but covers more of the other aspects in and around the soldiers life and is remarkably well done.
It has a slow start but be patient as it’s setting the scene and before you know it (like me) you will be unable to stop following the story. Narration was also superb.
Beyond mentioning it’s about the Tommys in North Africa, I can’t give away anything else without spoiling it. Highly recommend.
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