Pope, author of the Ramage series, offers a narrative account of the actions of British motor torpedo boats in the Mediterranean during WWII, based on eyewitness accounts of the officers and enlisted men. The book was first published in 1954. This paperback edition was first published in Great Britain in 1998 by Chatham Publishing. Pope, a cadet in Britain's Merchant Navy during WWII, published the first of his 18 Ramage novels in 1965, and wrote nonfiction about WWII naval operations. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)