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A Private Revenge, by Richard Woodman

December 26, 2009

In this, the ninth book in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, the Captain and his HMS Patrician arrive in the South China Sea. They have traveled along the coast of North America, battled a typhoon and rescued an East Indiaman on the way…

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An Eye of the Fleet, by Richard Woodman

November 28, 2009

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…