1805: #6 A Nathanial Drinkwater Novel

Author:   Richard Woodman
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Volume:   06
ISBN:  

9781574091014


Pages:   218
Publication Date:   01 August 2001
Format:   Paperback
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In the tradition of C.S. Forester, ex-sailor Richard Woodman brings history to life in a rousing tale of daring deeds and clashing cutlasses. it is the summer of 1804 and Napoleon is massing his vast army for the invasion of England. His powerful Combined Fleet is preparing to meet Admiral Nelson's British Fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar. In the annals of history this battle completely decimated the Combined Fleet, ranking second in destructiveness only to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater, newly appointed commander of the frigate Antigone, is preparing for battle off the French coast, as part of Admiral Nelson's highly effective blockade. As the fleets draw together, Drinkwater is unprepared for the irregular role destiny deals him when he becomes a prisoner of the French and takes the brunt of the British bombardment in the orlop of an enemy ship.

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Author:   Richard Woodman
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Sheridan House
Volume:   06
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9781574091014


ISBN 10:   1574091018
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   01 August 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Historical novels in the tradition of Forester's Hornblower, featuring Capt. Nathaniel Drinkwater; 1805 involves Nelson's Trafalgar campaign, Beneath the Aurora a voyage to Norway in 1813. -- WoodenBoat WoodenBoat, January/February 2002


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Captain Richard Martin Woodman retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical caree. Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater e series is often compared to the work of the late Patrick O'Brian. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, such as C.S. Forester or O'Brian, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and has spent eleven years in command. His experience ranges from cargo-liners to ocean weather ships and specialist support vessels as well as yachts, square-riggers, and trawlers. Said Lloyd's List of his work: As always, Richard Woodman's story is closely based on actual historical events All this we have come to expect --and he adds that special ambience of colourful credibility which makes his nautical novels such rattling good reads.

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