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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:...

The long-awaited return of the Bucephalas to the safety of the Cinque Ports is interrupted by a disastrous engagement in the Channel. The looming shape of a merchantman becalmed in fog presents an...

1794: Returning to England, Harry and James become embroiled in a vicious struggle between rival smugglers played out in the English Channel.Author: David DonachiePublisher: McBooks PressPublication...

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:...

Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater brings the frigate Patrician to the Pearl River on the China coast and finds himself caught up in bizarre events.Author: Richard WoodmanPublisher: Mcbooks...

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...

In the eighth book of this popular series, Thomas Kydd and Nicholas Renzi return to England in 1803 after tumultuous episodes on the other side of the world to find England in peril of starvation and...

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,...

1795: When his crew is illegally pressed into the Royal Navy by the vicious Captain Toner, Harry sets off in pursuit of Toner's ship. Toner reaches the West Indies with Harry close behind and they...

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...

In this latest installment of the thrilling naval adventure series, Thomas Payne Kydd and sea-mate Nicholas Renzi are set to sail all the way to the fabled Far East aboard the 18th-century crack...

At the Edge of Honor, which was awarded the 2003 Patrick D. Smith Literary Award for Best Historical Novel of Florida, is set in 1863 Civil War Florida and the British Bahamas during the desperate...

A Nicholas Fallon Sea Novel. The night turned prematurely dark as the storm seemed to suck the light out of the day. Captain Nicholas Fallon and his crew aboard the British privateer Rascal stood to...

Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Thomas Kydd's daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham: South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest. Rumors of a treasure...

This new revised edition of the trusted guide to vegetarian family cooking is better than ever with recipes for quick, healthy, tasty, kid-tested meals--many of them totally new for this edition. The...

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...

To a nation consumed by war, Admiral Horatio Nelson is now a hero and Britain's best hope of victory. To those in power, he is an arrogant glory-seeker, too quick to disregard orders! Then there's...

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

As the captain of a useful frigate, Thomas Kydd is claimed by the Leeward Islands station, exchanging the harsh situation in South America for the warmth and delights of the Caribbean. It's a sea...