After completing the siege of a French fortress in Corsica, and bravely having cut out and destroyed a French supply ship in a naval action, the outspoken and unfortunate Lieutenant George Markham and his men are assigned to a sloop under…
In this installment in the Lord Ramage series, Captain Lord Ramage and his HMS Calypso return from Devil’s Island, but dark news awaits them: Ramage’s wife Sarah is missing. And even though Ramage wants so return home immediately, he Ramage’s…
Alan Lewrie is the main character in The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie series. He is a brash, impetuous ladies’ man and general rakehell. He’s also an officer in the Royal Navy where his bravery and quick thinking brings him…
This is the first story in the Nathaniel Drinkwater saga. The starting point in time is 1780 to 1782, the time of the American Revolution. Nathaniel Drinkwater’s life at sea begins in the HMS Cyclops, which is assigned to deal with American privateers…
This is the third book in the Horatio Hornblower Saga chronologically speaking, but one of the last books written. The action in the book takes place in 1803. After an unhappy spell ashore on half-pay, Hornblower marries the daughter of his landlady…
This is the sixth book in the Thomas Kydd series by Julian Stockwin. It is probably the best so far, and the most action-filled as well. The year is 1803, and once again tensions are escalating between England and France. While the…
This is a book in a nautical fiction series by Cyril Northcote Parkinson, who pursued a distinguished academic career. He first became famous for “Parkinson’s Law” – that work expands to fill the time allotted to it. He also wrote a…
The King’s Own, written by Frederick Marryat, a Captain of a frigate in the Royal Navy 200 years ago, shows many of the horrors of naval warfare at close range. It is an interesting and special tale of about the son of…
