Hilaire Belloc A Biography Author:A. N. Wilson VE-Day, a time of rejoicing and disbelief for Britain and her allies, but for many of the victors, also a time of tension and suspicion. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the great harbor and naval base at Kiel, where Lt. Vere Marriott, in command of his own small motor gunboat, is stunned by the enormity of the task awaiting the occupying f... more »orces and the surrendering Germans. Original.« less