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Never Too Old for a Pierhead Jump Kindle Edition

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Book 6 of 6: Harry Gilmour

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The year is 1944, and Lieutenant Harry Gilmour is recovering in Beirut from an ill-fated British campaign to seize the Greek Islands.After four years at sea, he is expecting a shore job as his next appointment. Instead, a flash signal from C-in-C Mediterranean arrives: Report to Alexandria and assume command of HM Submarine Saraband.His new command has just arrived there en route to the Indian Ocean and the war against Japan. But there’s been trouble on board, ‘Conduct prejudicial to naval discipline,’ and the skipper and first lieutenant have been summarily removed. Now it’s up to Harry Gilmour to pick up the pieces.With a sullen, uncooperative crew, Harry must navigate Japanese convoy routes through the shallow, treacherous waters of the Malay Archipelago. There, endless, sweltering hunts for targets through the island chains leave Saraband’s crew even more exhausted and demoralised. Yet, if they are to survive against an Imperial Japanese Navy growing in anti-submarine expertise, Harry must turn them into a taut fighting machine.Because waiting for them, as the war in the Far East grinds towards its final conclusion, is a mission as daring and audacious as it is vital. One that could deliver the Royal Navy’s most spectacular success of the war.David Black is the author of the Harry Gilmour series of novels set in the Royal Navy submarine service during the Second World War. He also wrote All the Freshness of the Morning, a fictionalised account of President John F Kennedy’s epic wartime service as skipper of the US Navy torpedo boat PT109 during the Solomons’ campaign against the Japanese in the South Pacific. Black is a former UK national newspaper journalist and TV documentary producer. He now lives in Argyll and writes full time.

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David Black is a former fleet street journalist and television documentary producer. He is the author is the Harry Gilmour series, and now lives in Argyll where he writes full-time. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lume Books (May 29, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 29, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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David Black is the author of the “Harry Gilmour” novels set in the Royal Navy submarine service during World War Two.

His latest novel, "By My Sword Alone", however, follows the fortunes of 18th Century soldier of fortune, Chevalier James Lindsay.

A seventh Harry Gilmour novel, "The Spray That Salts Us All", is due for publication late in 2022 from Lume Books.

David Black also wrote the novella "All the Freshness of the Morning", a fictionalized account of President John F. Kennedy’s epic World War Two service in the South Pacific as Skipper of the US Navy torpedo boat PT109.

Black is a former UK national newspaper journalist and TV documentary producer. He now lives in Argyll and writes full time.

Learn more about him and his books by visiting his website: www.theblackscribe.co.uk

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G.M.

Another good tale!

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2023

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David Black has done it again. Harry Gilmour grows more and more thoughtful as he matures in his leadership and his personal life.

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022

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Simply riveting! Detailed and most enjoyable rating. I could barely tear myself away to to to sleep. On several nights i didn't and read through to the next day. Excellent job.

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020

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This review is meant to cover the whole six novels featuring Harry.
The best advice to give is,unless you are a geography major, the books should be read with an atlas at your elbow.
This is a terrific series! It is well written,well thought out,with a credible sub plot, accurate and extensive research and a minimum of grammatical errors and typos.
The Series compares well with other authors such as O'Brien and Cornwell. It may be too technical for some who do not understand the complexities of firing a torpedo from a moving boat at a moving target.
The wartime scenarios are accurate and put the reader in the place. If you are a history buff this series is perfect and so much better than some of the work written by authors who fail by not researching sufficiently.
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DCatSea

Black has done his homework

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2020

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As a former Royal Navy A-class diesel submariner who did a PHJ several times, I can say that David Black has done his homework regarding life in a WWII submarine. I don't think he served, but his observations are sound and he captures the atmosphere (or lack of) very well. His series compares well with "Send Down a Dove" and other contemporary titles about WWII submarine operations. Actions are well formulated, control room interactions are believable, his Far Eastern station ops are very good. He may have interviewed RN submariners who participated in at least Korea, and certainly the Cold War.

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2020

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I cannot find words sufficient to express my delight in the Harry Gilmour saga, and this latest (final?) number rates up there with the best naval warfare storytelling of any era. David Black knows his stuff and puts you on the bridge with a sharp eye for detail and a sure sense of pace, flow, drama, narrative arc, character development - oh hell, the brick and mortar of a cracking good yarn. Start at the beginning and prepare yourself for tall tales of high adventure and heart-stopping peril, 'cause these are the good guys you've come to know and love and root for. Get ya some!

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2022

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Just finished the series for the second time. Amazing all the things I missed first time through. What a series and what a main character. I was especially sorry to see it end before Harry got his VC and married Shirley. One more book??

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2020

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I really love this series, it is enjoyable, well done, and the characters have depth. Still, this is the last in the series (not only in terms of the being latest, but also of being announced as the end of the series) and it feels like a hurried job. liked it, and yet it lacked the tightness of the earlier books. Mostly it was like the author felt the need to wrap up the series, so that each chapter is a form of bringing together loose ends. Without much explanation.

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R. Sheppard

A fitting close to the six volume series.

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2021

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Three of us read the six book series after reading The Good Shepherd. We agreed that the authors of both the Good Shepherd and the series did a fantastic job of leading us through the wartime experiences of Harry Gilmore as he progressed through the ranks in both experience and maturity. Much of the contents of all of them qualified as page turners. The reader will get a glimpse of what it was like on both the bottom and top of submarine warfare.

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tom meszaros

“It’s always easier to ask for forgiveness than permission”

Reviewed in Australia on July 9, 2023

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If this is the last in the Harry Gilmour series, then David Black has certainly finished with style and aplomb. A highly engaging and compelling historical dive into the R N, “The Trade” and the lives of her submariners in a time of war.

DS

Great series of books, disappointing final ending.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2023

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I’ve read through all the books in the series; all have been excellent - right up until the finale.

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Anyone familiar with the series will know the character of Shirley: cold, distance, selfish, and uncaring towards Harry. Shame that he ends up with her after how much he had grown..

Kindle Customer

Good finish

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2023

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The action is terrific - the personal stuff somewhat trite. Some of the language used and the attitudes expressed are outdated and verge on the offensive: thankfully it was a different world and we have moved on a little!

Fred

Brilliant!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2020

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NEVER TO OLD FOR A PIER HEAD JUMP (230820) So very glad to see my favourite author back in print and thirstily approach his latest masterpiece. Bit desperate to hear he starts off on signalling that it will be the last. DO NOT GO AWAY. You are author for thousands of fans who, know your 'time' and experienced it, in part, and really want more! We know what you are talking about and cherish your ability to describe it. You see page 14 says it all!! Who would know how important that was? What a brilliant start to yet another super book (p52) ! Why is this book so very good? Because it is written by an excellent author (p72) - simple as that!! I’m much regretting to reveal my age bracket but ... we so badly need this, intimate knowledge and understanding of what it was really like in the RN at that time, fiction it maybe, but super excitement and reality of events it is, and will SELL such works. There is a thirsting audience awaiting. Do not go away DAVID Black, who seems to KNOW the time and the ability to express it so brilliantly. P83 just so encapsulates this point so wonderfully! What more can one say? Hear me David Black, I will not be alone, come back to us and do your 'thing' It works a treat let us pay for it as we will. As I read the latest (p105) in my enjoyment of this fantastic book, I cannot get over the authors opening remarks about it being his last! I sweep the 'seas' for this quality and weep his intentions, to disappear, with such talent that he displays, for this reader, and feel that I cannot possibly be alone with such views. I readily know of no one who can bring the reader (me) to this point of climax (not what some might interpret ) with such a natural flow in such a super story, in these, chosen times applicable to this story, that fit so perfectly. Have I tried to be too clever in my encapsulation of what I am trying to describe? I have to hope not. At page 207, taking a long time to get there, not simply because I do snot want to finish this super, splendid book, but other demands are interfering with my 'reading time', I simply want to applaud this author who, I am sure, sweats 'neaters'! To record his talents that I thirstily devour I just want him to never STOP! What a brilliant description of this manoeuvre p287. Page 356 doesn’t that just say it all! (The exchange with USA).
Sorry to carry on so! However, as the reader of countless sea stories, this is certainly the very BEST. I can only hope that David Black does not 'hang up his pen' for he HAS it!
Fred

C. M. H. Brechtelsbauer

Outstanding

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2023

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This is an excellent novel that is simply oozing authenticity. You can almost smell the submarine, it is that good. Harry Gilmour is a very likeable main character with a good sense of humour. Although the novel is the last in a series of six, it can easily be enjoyed on its own. I did. Though I may have to return to the Trade and just find out what made Harry the man he was in this book. Highly recommended!

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