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In the tradition of C.S. Forester, ex-sailor Richard Woodman brings history to life in a rousing tale of daring deeds and clashing cutlasses. it is the summer of 1804 and Napoleon is massing his vast...

Drinkwater, in his fight to bring a half-armed ship safely to the Cape of Good Hope, is beset with personal enmity, the activity of the French and the violence of the sea.Author: Richard...

A Call To Arms, the fourth novel in the award-winning Cutler Family Chronicles by William C. Hammond, features the epic saga of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts and an ever...

Entwining historical facts with fictitious characters, David Donachie has once again created a masterpiece of nautical adventure fictionAuthor: David DonachiePublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date:...

It is 1792 and Nathaniel Drinkwater is back in the Royal Navy. He is involved in secret adn dangerous operations off the French Coast including the rescue of emigres and the landing of agents.Author:...

The 8th Cutler Family Chronicles novel is set in Massachusetts and the Far East in the early 1850s as the influx of opium into New England endangers the very fabric of America. Family loyalties,...

In 1964, during the Far Eastern war euphemistically called 'Confrontation, ' British Royal Marine Lieutenant Charles Kirton makes a most extraordinary discovery amid the dense mangrove swamps...

1794. In the wake of the Glorious 1st of June, an equivocal success for the British naval fleet against Revolutionary France, John Pearce has pressing matters to which he must attend. He has an...

Author: David DonachiePublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date: Apr 15, 2022Number of Pages: 392 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493066277ISBN-13: 9781493066278

The first volume in a series of maritime novels set in the early years of the United States, A MATTER OF HONOR is a dramatic account of a young man's coming of age during the American Revolution...

Author: James NelsonPublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date: Nov 01, 2021Number of Pages: 412 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493057642ISBN-13: 9781493057641

After a number of months, a whirlwind of the press gang, service at sea, wild storms, bitter battles with the enemy and a promotion, John Pearce finally finds himself free to follow his own wishes,...

Author: David DonachiePublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date: Jun 01, 2022Number of Pages: 348 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: Paperback/FictionISBN-10: 1493066242ISBN-13: 9781493066247

In the great age of fighting sail, life ranging the seas for prey and prize money in the crack frigate HMS Artemis is fast and exciting. Now a true Jack Tar, Kydd sails into Portsmouth Harbour and a...

Boat Troop are sent up-river into Sierra Leone on a mission to secure a vital ore mine. While the men battle their way up-river, political events are rapidly overtaking the city-based HQ. Soon after...

A salty blend of seafaring adventure and whodunit' Literary ReviewAuthor: David DonachiePublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date: Mar 01, 2022Number of Pages: 384 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Within two weeks of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, it is the mission of four men to gather vital intelligence with Argentine patrols everywhere. The rest are tasked with a suicide...

Author: James L. NelsonPublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date: Nov 01, 2021Number of Pages: 324 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493056522ISBN-13: 9781493056521

In this seventh book of the series, Thomas Kydd is master of his own brig-sloop Teazer and he must race the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates and the French, who...

Captain Thomas Kydd's first mission after the triumph of Trafalgar is to capture and protect a fragile new British colony: 19th century Cape Town. Following the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar,...

Author: Marcus PalliserPublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date: September 01, 2020Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493048848ISBN-13: 9781493048847

When a US Embassy in South-East Asia is bombed by followers of terrorist Osama bin Laden, the US and UK decide it is time to act against the terrorist leader by striking at his stronghold in...

1843: Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater's career concludes as he is drawn from retirement and embarks on the paddle-steamer Vestal for a final mission to inspect lighthouses on the west coast of England,...

Free from jail, John Pearce is not free from the smugglers whose boat he stole - they want bloody revenge and are prepared to chase him to the ends of the earth to get it.Author: David...

Author: Terry MortPublisher: McBooks PressPublication Date: Dec 01, 2021Number of Pages: 304 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 149306195XISBN-13: 9781493061952

Credited with vividly recreating an early chapter in American history with his first novel, A Matter of Honor, William C. Hammond continues the seafaring adventures of the prominent Massachusetts...

With his own boat, the motor yacht Sea Fox, former naval officer Philip Vivian had hoped to earn a living free from the petty restrictions of everyday life, close to the sea he loved. Now, however,...

Copenhagen Harbor is on fire . . . 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd resumes command of Tyger and is ordered to join a great armada on a desperate mission to pressure the Danish Crown Prince to turn his...

Napoleon's forces are poised to invade Britain, and Commander Thomas Kydd's ship is at the forefront of the fleet defending the English coast. His honour restored after temporary disgrace in the...

It is 1793. Europe is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is under pressure to intimidate the French, and dispatches a Navy squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary...