Forced into a neutral Estonian port for repairs during the chaos of the opening days of World War II, the Polish submarine, the “Eagle” and her crew are betrayed by their captain and captured by Nazi sympathizers. The crew, however, isn’t content to sit out the war. With help from unexpected sources—a naval attaché with the British Embassy and a courageous American reporter and her photographer sidekick—they overcome their captors, regain control of the “Eagle,” and escape. The German’s are convinced the “Eagle’s” crew has no stomach for a fight and will seek refuge in Sweden. But the Poles have something else in mind—join up with the British Fleet and continue fighting against their homeland’s Nazi conquerors. They face stiff odds. The “Eagle” has little food and water, few torpedoes, and no sea charts. And before she can rendezvous with the British somewhere in the North Sea, she must traverse the Baltic, which has become little more than a Nazi-controlled lake.

This story is inspired by the exploits of the Polish submarine, “Orzel,” during the early weeks of World War II.

Winston Churchill called her escape from the Nazis “an epic.”

»Wir sitzen hier beisammen, mitten in der Nacht. Schauen auf das Kind, und ich kann kaum ausatmen, so laut schlägt mein Herz. Ich bin fast toll vor Angst, dass du in der Ruhe zu lange auf meine Hände schaust und die Frau in mir siehst.«

England, spätes 18. Jahrhundert: Von ihrem Vater, einem Arzt und Wissenschaftler, zur Botanikerin ausgebildet, träumt die junge Mary Linley davon, die Welt zu bereisen. Doch als sie nach dem Tod des Vaters verheiratet werden soll, sieht sie nur eine Möglichkeit, ihrer Berufung zu folgen. Sie gibt sich als Mann aus, um an Bord der Sailing Queen im Stab des Botanikers Sir Carl Belham auf Expeditionsfahrt zu gehen. Die Lebensbedingungen auf See erschüttern sie, denn Entbehrungen, Krankheiten und Tod prägen den Alltag. Dennoch glaubt sie, ihr Ziel erreicht zu haben: Sie erkundet fremde, faszinierende Länder. Erst durch die Liebe zu Sir Carl Belham erkennt sie, dass sie sich für ihre Ideale selbst verleugnet ...

Хто у дитинстві не мріє про пригоди, мандрівки у далекі краї? Разом героями Жуля Верна ви потрапите на безлюдний острів у Тихому океані й дізнаєтеся, як завдяки мужності, витривалості, силі людського духу можна здолати всі негоди й вижити у найскрутніших умовах.

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In the aftermath of a typhoon, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater brings His Britannic Majesty's frigate into the shelter of the Pearl River on the China coast. Seeking the means to refit, he is unwittingly entangled in bizarre events following the British occupation of Macao and Admiral Drury's attack on Canton.

Initially relieved to be assigned the straightforward duty of a convoy escort to Penang, Captain Drinkwater quickly discovers that the convoy's cargo con­tains a mysterious quantity of silver and a single passenger. An apparently routine task is suddenly complicated by the resurrection of an old, embittered hatred, and Captain Drinkwater finds himself drawn inexorably by treachery, greed, perversity, and cruelty towards a climactic rendezvous in the remote tropical rain forest of Borneo.

In 1809, working undercover for the Admiralty's Secret Department, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater goes ashore and mingles with the dregs of London's dockland. Disguised as a Merchant Marine shipmaster of low character, he encounters a known French agent in a brothel and advertises his plans to carry military cargo to Russia.

Intended to drive a wedge between Napoleon and his new ally, Czar Alexander, Drinkwater's mission is disrupted by tempestuous weather and a lost escort — a gun-brig commanded by his friend and protege. Reaching the British-occupied island of Helgoland, Drinkwater takes great personal risk by resolving on a bold course of action that is not endorsed by the Admiralty.

It is 1811 and Napoleon's French Empire dominates Europe. Desperate to stem the encroaching French tide and avert war with the emerging power of the United States, the Royal Navy orders Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater to the Chesapeake Bay to heal the rift between London and Washington.

Quite by chance, on the banks of the Potomac, Drinkwater discovers the first clue to a bold plan by which the U.S. could defeat the Royal Navy, collapse the British government and utterly destroy the British cause. Amid personal crisis, Drinkwater takes command of a squadron sent against the Americans in the South Atlantic, audaciously risking his reputation and, in a climactic confrontation, coming face-to-face with the horror of an interminable war.

Захоплива історія пригод юного капітана у відкритому морі й у нетрях тропічної Африки. Завдяки своїй мужності й витримці Дік Сенд врятував себе і своїх друзів від неминучої загибелі.

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Ілюстрації Олени Чичик

ВИДАВНИЦТВО ХУДОЖНЬОЇ ЛІТЕРАТУРИ «ДНІПРО» КИЇВ — 1969

ДЖЕК ЛОНДОН

ТВОРИ У ДВАНАДЦЯТИ ТОМАХ ТОМ ТРЕТІЙ

МОРСЬКИЙ ВОВК

ГРА

БІЛОЗУБ

ПЕРЕКЛАД З АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ

РЕДАКЦІЙНА КОЛЕГІЯ:

Дмитро Затонський, Віталій Коротич, Микола Лукаш, Василь Мисик,

Тетяна Якимович.