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Author | : Philip McCutchan |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590131843 |
In Andalusia, Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is sent by the unpredictable Captain Watkiss on a secret mission ashore: to aid the Queen's Messenger, who is being pursued by nefarious Spanish agents. But when Halfhyde discovers a plot to kill Queen Victoria herself, the stakes are raised. Now he and the rest of his flotilla must face down the Spanish Navy and get the Messenger back to Britain with vital information.
Author | : Alexander Kent |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2004-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590132483 |
In 1817 every harbor and estuary in Antigua is filled with ghostly ships, superfluous in the aftermath of war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is offered the 74-gun Athena, a notoriously "unlucky" ship, and as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune he once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean.
Author | : Dudley Pope |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2002-03-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 159013558X |
Captain Lord Ramage and the Calypso return from Devil's Island, but Ramage's new wife, Sarah, is missing. The captain would like nothing better than to sail home immediately, but instead he is ordered to shepherd a lumbering convoy of merchant ships back to England. On the way, bizarre events lead him to a full court martial in Plymouth, presided over by his old nemesis, Rear-Admiral Goddard. Ramage must clear his name—or face a sentence of death!
Author | : James L. Nelson |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 2004-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590132181 |
Fed up with an outlaw existence, Calico Jack Rackam swears off the pirate life, until he meets Anne Bonny, a woman who would as soon stab a man as give him a good tumble—that is, unless he's a pirate. Soon Jack finds himself out on the high seas, with Anne by his side and his men spoiling for action.
Author | : Alexander Kent |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2005-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590132408 |
March 1806: Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally Spain. Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is dispatched once more to the Cape of Good Hope to establish a permanent naval force.
Author | : C. Northcote Parkinson |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2001-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590136098 |
Ranked as a lieutenant despite his undistinguished naval career, Richard Delancey lands a special secret mission, thanks to his command of French. To his chagrin, the mission goes awry. But casting about for fresh opportunity, Delancey becomes involved in customs collection on the Isle of Wight and thwarting the high-stakes activities of smugglers.
Author | : Alexander Kent |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2001-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590132513 |
In the days immediately following Waterloo, the British fleet confronts a new threat: Algerian pirates preying on hapless merchant ships. Adam Bolitho, Admiral Richard Bolitho's nephew and heir, finds himself in command of Unrivalled, a new kind of frigate—sleek, fast, and heavily armed.
Author | : Alexander Kent |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2000-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590132440 |
War with Britain's former colony looms on the horizon, and Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho must lead a squadron against the powerful new ships of the United States navy. Supported by his loyal crew, Bolitho must use all his ingenuity to defeat one of America's great naval commanders, Nathan Beer.
Author | : Dudley Pope |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2001-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590135490 |
Captain Ramage recklessly attempts to free the Jocasta, a British ship, from the Spanish Main stronghold of Santa Cruz. A vicious mutiny has left the Jocasta open to capture by Spain, but sailing the frigate Calypso, Ramage will stop at nothing to rescue the imprisoned vessel, even if it means inciting another mutiny on board his own ship.
Author | : Douglas Reeman |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2003-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590134508 |
The Mediterranean, 1943: At long last the British Army has won a victory, and Rommel's Afrika Korps is in retreat. Into this new phase of the war comes Captain Mike Blackwood, Royal Marine Commando. Already bloodied in the disastrous retreat from Burma, Blackwood goes to Alexandria as part of an elite unit, poised to strike the first blows against the Nazi fortress of mainland Europe.