Author: V. A. Stuart
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590131894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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To break the stalemate in the Crimea, where the Russian city of Sebastopol still stands strong against the allies' siege, the British must search for unlikely help among the self-reliant mountain people of Circassia. Commander Phillip Hazard of HMS Huntress is dispatched with a select handful of his crew to seek out the guerrilla leader Serfir Pasha and win him over as an ally.

Author: Alexander Kent
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590132459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355

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The year is 1793, and England is once again at war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities with France means a fresh command and the chance for action after months of inactivity.

Author: Dudley Pope
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590135377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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Ramage, finally reunited with his beloved Sarah, hopes to spend at least a few quiet weeks with her. Instead, he is summoned by Admiral Nelson himself. His orders: Ramage is to join Nelson's fleet blockading the combined French and Spanish navies in the port of Cadiz. But Nelson's plan is not merely to blockade the enemy's fleet. He intends to confront it head-on in the biggest naval battle the world has ever seen.

Author: Dudley Pope
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590135105
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371

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Lieutenant Lord Ramage, in command of the brig Triton, is escorting a convoy from Barbados to Jamaica, normally a routine and tedious chore. But this time Ramage has to be especially vigilant to guard the convoy's precious cargo—a family of important French refugees.

Author: R. F. Delderfield
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 159013673X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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In this stirring saga, seven comrades and heroes slog through the swirl and tumult of the Napoleonic Wars, fighting for their lives across Europe, from Austria to Portugal, France to Russia, until the warriors confront their destiny at Waterloo. Drawn from true stories left behind by the soldiers of the First Empire, this dramatic tale rings true in both triumph and defeat.

Author: Alexander Kent
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590132556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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Sir Richard Bolitho returns from a wearing campaign in North American waters to take up a command in Malta. As England's long war with Napoleon reaches its end, will Richard Bolitho's longing for peace—both public and personal—be fulfilled?

Author: Dudley Pope
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590135431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Captain Lord Ramage's honeymoon in France is interrupted by a sudden end to the Peace of Amiens. Finding themselves on unfriendly soil just hours before hostilities commence, Ramage and his bride elude the grasp of Napoleon's secret police.

Author: Douglas Reeman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590134508
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371

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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.

Author: Alexander Kent
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590132602
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355

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Portsmouth, 1782. His Britannic Majesty's frigate Phalarope is ordered to assist the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander—Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for, but beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship—her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands suspected of cowardice under fire and driven to near-mutiny by senseless ill-treatment.

Author: Dudley Pope
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590135318
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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Nelson's crews are standing down and Ramage is on leave when he received secret Admiralty orders to inspect the small island of Trinidad off the coast of Brazil. Reaching the island's shores, Ramage and the crew of the Calypso fetch up in a battle to free several captive merchant ships—and a beautiful woman passenger—as they cross swords with bloodthirsty pirates.