BACK TO BATTLE by Hennessy, Max .(Pseudonym of John Harris)

3rd book in Lion at Sea trilogy. New York, 1980, Atheneum, first US edition, hard bound in dust jacket, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, FINE/FINE CONDITION, 297 pages. .........................................................First The Lion at Sea, then The Dangerous Years—now in Back to Battle, Max Hennessy brings to a triumphant close the "bloody wonderful" (Kirkus Reviews) adventures of Commander Kelly "Ginger" Maguire of the British Navy.Jutland, Gallipoli, Odessa, Chianking — in his rise up the ladder of command, Maguire has seen a torrent of action, but nothing to prepare him for the ferocity that is about to erupt in the years 1936-1945. From Spain to the North Atlantic to Dunkirk, from Crete and Morocco to Normandy ( with Eisenhower), Kelly Maguire — together with old friends and old enemies —pitches into the thick of it, demonstrating again his extraordinary courage and resourcefulness —and his no less impressive talent for romance. For Maguire may at last be able to fulfill his dream with the woman he'd thought lost forever . . . if he can survive the most dangerous battle of all.Set in the grand sweep of history, Back to Battle is a splendid tale of adventure and passion, a fitting conclusion to a saga "as compelling as Hornblower's"