Nautical
The Antigallican
With its captivating, pungent, and sharply drawn characters, this first installment in a series of sea stories is a welcome…
Courage
This spare literary novel set in the year 1950 follows the destinies of two ships which meet in the perilous…
Ship of Rome
This is the first of a series of naval warfare adventures set during the Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome.…
Treachery
Commander Thomas Kydd is devastated by the unexpected death of his fiancée, Rosalynd. Distraught with grief he embarks on a…
The Baltic Gambit
The Royal Navy’s incorrigible Alan Lewrie has been outsmarting and outfighting Britain’s enemies while simultaneously practicing adultery on a Herculean…
The Castaways
In this third novel in the early 19th century-set Curse of the Jolly Stone series, Tom Tin and his…
Battle Fleet : Trafalgar — 1805
(1) In this third Sam Witchall adventure, Sam and his friend Richard have to work their passage home from Sydney…
A Flag of Truce
Toulon, 1793. In this fourth John Pearce adventure, our hero, now a naval lieutenant, continues to be a thorn in…
An Awkward Commission
This is the third novel in Donachie’s 1790s naval series and so continues the story of John Pearce and his…
Cathedral of the Sea
Cathedral of the Sea is a most welcome addition to the growing genre of medieval fiction. It is one of…
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