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Narrator

David Rintoul

David attended Edinburgh University and then went to RADA on a scholarship. He has worked in most of Britain's major theatres, including the Royal Court, National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe and Royal Shakespeare Company. On television he has played Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, "The Mad King" in Game of Thrones and the title character in ITV's Doctor Finlay. David's film work includes Unrelated, My Week With Marilyn, The Iron Lady and Roman Polanski's The Ghost. Most recently, he played Michael Adeane in the third season of Netflix’s The Crown. He has recorded over 300 audiobooks.

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Title:

Send a Gunboat (MP3)

Written by:

Douglas Reeman 

Read by:

David Rintoul 

Format:

Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

1 

Duration:

9 hours 10 minutes 

MP3 size:

387 MB 

Published:

May 28 2017 

Available Date:

May 28 2017 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781489393630 

Genres:

Fiction; British Fiction; General Fiction; War Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Audible audio 

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Price

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AUD$ 39.95

AUD$ 39.95

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'Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it.'
The Times

A classic of naval fiction from 'the master of the modern sea story'.

HMS Wagtail is a river gunboat, a ship seemingly at the end of her useful life, lying in a Hong Kong dockyard awaiting her last summons to the breakers' yard. Commander Justin Rolfe is also seemingly at the end of his useful naval life, an embittered man, brooding and angry from a court-martial verdict. Then the offshore island of Santu is threatened with invasion from the Chinese mainland. The small British community must be brought out and Commander Rolfe and the Wagtail are ordered to the island. The job is regarded with sullen resentment by his crew, but to Rolfe, and even the ship, it is a job that offers the chance of a reprieve and a restoration of self respect.