Historical fiction is educational. The Greater the Honor is a naval fiction novel, well- researched and based on historical facts about the Barbary War. Until relatively recently, I didn’t know anything about the Barbary Wars or even about American naval presence in…
True Colours is the third installment in Alaric Bond’s Fighting Sails series. It is set in 1797 and deals with the very difficult period when the British Navy was more or less crippled by the mutiny at Spithead, the Nore, and…
“Hazardous Duty” is the third book in Michael Winston’s nautical fiction series featuring Jonathan Kinkaid, but the fourth in terms of publication date. After writing the third book in the series, Tidings of Victory, the author seemingly decided to write one…
Uprising is the second book in Winston’s naval fiction series featuring Jonathan Kinkaid. In the first novel, Independent Action, we followed Lt. Kinkaid on a very successful mission in the North Atlantic and through a difficult period in captivity. Now Jonathan Kinkaid…
The year is 1795. England is at war with the revolutionary French Republic. The French fleet is under blockade in several French harbors, prevented from running to sea by the might of the Royal Navy. His Majesty’s Ship – the one…
This is the fourth book in Hammond’s historical navy fiction series about Richard Cutler and the Cutler family. In A Call to Arms, we meet the newly minted US Navy Captain Richard Cutler, now in command of his own fast and powerful…
Betrayal, the thirteenth book in Julian Stockwin’s series about Thomas Kydd (A Kydd Sea Adventure), is set in 1806. Captain Kydd, with his beloved frigate L’Aurore, is stationed in Cape Town, which he took part in the capture of as chronicled…
Ramcat Alan Lewrie is back! Reefs and Shoals is the newest title in Dewey Lambdin’s great naval fiction series from the Napoleonic ages. In the series, we follow Alan Lewrie all the way from his maiden trip as a midshipman, sent away by a…
A Flag of Truce is the fourth novel in Donachie’s John Pearce series. The story takes place in 1793, during the period of the French revolution – a period of great conflict and shifting alliances in Europe. Lieutenant John Pearce returns…
Conquest is the twelfth novel in Julian Stockwin’s excellent naval fiction series about Thomas Kydd, set in the Napoleonic age. This is a very interesting navy fiction series. First, it is very well researched and historically quite accurate. Second, the author knows the…
