Nautical
Mutiny on the Bounty
In December 1787, a fourteen-year-old boy, John Jacob Turnstile, is arrested in Portsmouth for picking the pocket of a mysterious…
Deadly Shoals
Off the coast of Patagonia, January 1839: William “Wiki” Coffin, Maori son of a Yankee sea captain, serves as linguist…
Under Enemy Colors
It is 1793, and the French revolutionary wars are just getting underway. France and England battle for control of the…
Troubled Waters
This is the 14th in the Alan Lewrie series, Lewrie now being a captain in His Majesty’s Navy of the…
The Lost Fleet: A Yankee Whaler’s Struggle Against the Confederate Navy and Arctic Disaster
Marc Songini paints a gritty picture of 19th-century seafaring life in The Lost Fleet, a detail-packed chronicle of the last…
The Wreck of the Medusa: The Most Famous Sea Disaster of the Nineteenth Century
In 1816, the French frigate Medusa, bound for Senegal, hit a reef off the coast of Africa. This book is…
Down to the Sea: An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War ll
Admiral William “Bull” Halsey, USN, remains one of the most revered naval officers of the Second World War. He was…
A Different Kind of Honor
In 1879, Lt. Commander Peter Wake of the United States Navy is sent on special assignment to observe the forthcoming…
Master and Commander
What can a reviewer say about Patrick O’Brian? He is a classic, or at least his Aubrey & Maturin series…
A Matter of Honor
This nautical adventure, the first in a series, takes place during the American Revolution as Richard Cutler, a young rebel,…
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