Nicholas Everard, blooded at the Battle of Jutland and from taking part in numerous offensive patrols in the English Channel, volunteers to take part in an audacious attack against the German U-boat base at Zeebrugge, Belgium, in the spring of 1918.
"NOT THINKING OF DEATH" is centered largely around the prewar experiences of a retired Royal Navy submariner, Rufus Chalk. The novel is largely told in "flashbacks." Rufus and his friend, Dymock, ex-naval classmates, are in training for command slots in one of the submarine flotillas. Dymock has a r...