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Name: The Guns of Navarone
Rating: 3.833333333333 (6 reviews)
Author: Alistair MacLean

📘 The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean

During World War II, a covert Allied team is dispatched to the strategically‑important island of Navarone in the Aegean Sea. The mission’s objective is to neutralize two German air‐defence guns that control the surrounding waters, a task that tests the men’s courage, ingenuity, and teamwork in a high‑stakes wartime setting.

First publish date: 1957

Genre: Adventure Fiction/Action Adventure

Authors: Alistair MacLean

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