The Black Prince And The Sea Devils: The Story Of Valerio Borghese And The Elite Units Of The Decima Mas

Book was rather disappointing. At the very beginning the authors state that their was a lot of limitations on information that was available and that shows. The book also jumped around so much that it was sometimes hard to follow.

I had heard of Valerio Borghese and I am very familiar wtih his family , I have visited Villa Borghese many times .My father was from Rome and a an officer during WWII , I have written a book which I hope to publish Four Continents one Life , mine I was born in Tripoli Libia lived in Italy during WWII Souith America and now in the States ,Many episodes and words lique the infamous Sepember the 8 1943 I heard the same from my father

S.B.S. , SEALS , NAVAL SPETSNAZ, an many others are a simple cheaper copies of this ITALIANS innovators in real Special Naval Forces on the history of naval warfare.

I found this book so interesting that I sat down and read it in 1 night. The story reads like a spy thriller. There is enough detail to move the story along without slowing down the reader.

It is one of my favourite books. It is very well translated, and easy to read. Having read both the Italian and English version, I find that the English translation is as good if not better than the Italian original.

Book desperately needs photographs to illustrate the interesting history.

Great history of an Italian figure unknown outside of the country.

The 1st to 30th student in the class will have a vastly different interpretation of the SAME story in its relation to many of of the others particulars'. A assault like rifle will become a Multi-Alien ray guy killer in the first 10 peoples recollections @ times of different folks. JMO-5 rifles is under armed, yet 5 becomes 50 and barely able participants in other circumstances.-----I'm sure many here agree----

I disagree that this book is well written. The sentence construction and words used indicate that the writer is either not a native english speaker or the manuscript was translated directly word for word from another language (italian?). In fact I found the writing style (or lack of same) so irritating, that I gave up half way through the book. Not worth the money, despite the interesting subject.

Pour les amateurs de plongée sous-marine qui s'intéressent à l'histoire, ce livre est indispensable. Il raconte l'histoire de la Decima Mas, unité d'élite de la marine italienne qui s'est illustrée pas ses actes de bravoure et le courage de ses hommes, capables d'exploits avec un matériel rudimentaire si on le compare à celui qu'utilise maintenat tout plongeur "loisir". Sans le Prince Noir, dont l'importance est précisée, cette aventure n'aurait pas vue le jour. Bien sûr, cette unité combattait pour l'Italie fasciste, alliée des nazis. On ne peut ignorer le contexte. Mais c'est l'aventure technique qui est passionnante. Ce livre complète le chapitre sur l'histoire des nageurs de combat italiens dont le savoir-faire sera récupéré par les anglais, qui ont souffert à Gibraltar des faits d'armes de cette unité.