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Author: Philip McCutchan Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1590131843 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 257
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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: Philip McCutchan Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1590131843 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
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 ISBN: 159013219X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 387
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February 1806: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid British ground forces in any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. Impatient to be home, Bolitho decides yet again that the boldest measures are best, and proves to the army that brave men do not die in vain.
Author: Alexander Kent Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1590132483 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 323
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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 ISBN: 159013558X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 355
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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 ISBN: 1590132181 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 419
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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 ISBN: 1590132408 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 355
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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 ISBN: 1590136098 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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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 ISBN: 1590132513 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 355
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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 ISBN: 1590132440 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 307
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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 ISBN: 1590135490 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 291
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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: Philip McCutchan
Author: Philip McCutchan
Author: Alexander Kent
Author: Alexander Kent
Author: Dudley Pope
Author: James L. Nelson
Author: Alexander Kent
Author: C. Northcote Parkinson
Author: Alexander Kent
Author: Alexander Kent
Author: Dudley Pope