Boyne, W.J. (1997) Clash of Titans: World War Two at Sea. Unabridged audio cassettes. Amazon.com
Chowdhury, B. (2000) Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths. Audio Cassette. [The story of the death of father and son whilst diving on a sunken German U-boat (U-869) off the US east coast.] Amazon.com.
Craig, P. & Clayton, T. (1999) Finest Hour. Audio Cassette. [The story of Britain in 1940, focusing on the Battle of Britain but also covering the u-boat campaign against convoys.] Amazon.co.uk.
Faulks, S. (1994) Birdsong. Audio cassette. [Not about the Battle of the Atlantic, but a highly recommended novel about the the First World War. Beg, borrow or steal a copy, or buy it from here!] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Forester, C.S. (1981) The Good Shepherd/ The Last Nine Days Of The Bismark. Books on Tape. Amazon.com
Golding, W. (1997) Pincher Martin. Audio Cassette. [In this 1956 novel by William Golding (author of Lord of the Flies & Nobel Prize for Literature winner), Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, finds himself at the wrong end of a U-boat attack. How he reacts in his perilous situation, first in danger of drowning, then stranded on a tiny outcrop of rock in the North Atlantic, is explored by Golding. An extraordinary book that ends with a twist.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Harris, R. (1996) Enigma. Audio Cassettes [Best-selling novel about the U-boat codebreakers based at Bletchley Park in England]. Amazon.com (narrated by Alan Howard), Amazon.co.uk (unabridged version narrated by Stephen Thorne) and Amazon.co.uk (abridged version).
Higgins, J (1994) Thunder Point. Audio Cassettes. Amazon.co.uk (unabridged version narrated by Christian Rodska) or Amazon.co.uk (abridged version narrated by Roger Moore).
MacLean, A. (1985) H.M.S. Ulysses. Audio Cassette. [Famous novel about North Atlantic convoys.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Monsarrat, N. (1956) The Cruel Sea. Audio Cassette. [Classic novel about the U-boat hunting exploits of the corvette, HMS Compass Rose]. BBC. Amazon.co.uk.
Stephenson, N. (1999) Cryptonomicon. Audio Cassette. [Best-selling novel which recounts "the tale of a World War II code breaker whose descendants end up trying to track down the secrets of the Third Reich's cryptographers--secrets that may liberate or ruin the cybertech world of the present day".] Amazon.com
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