McBooks
A Sailor of Austria
Genres:
Years ago, after seeing a revival of a certain musical involving an Austrian naval captain and his children’s governess, I remember a ...Read Review
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower
Genres:
This “biography” of C.S. Forester’s famous fictional naval hero, written in 1970, is back in print in this new, handsome trade paper ...Read Review
The Only Life That Mattered
Genres:
The Only Life That Mattered is a faithful retelling of the lives of three eighteenth century Caribbean pirates, and Mr. Nelson couldn’t ...Read Review
Storm Force to Narvik
Genres:
The Royal Navy’s record in the 1939-1942 period of the Second World War was one of admirable heroism and sacrifice in the ...Read Review
Breaking the Line
Genres:
As the third and final novel of this trilogy begins, Nelson returns to England following his rescue of the Neapolitan royal family. Accompanied ...Read Review
The Spithead Nymph
Genres:
Instead of finding himself before a court-martial for smuggling, Midshipman William Bentley is promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the Biter. Although Captain ...Read Review
Tested by Fate
Genres:
Biographical FictionNauticalRomance
Second of a “trilogy-in-the-making,” this novel delves deeper into the lives of Horatio Nelson, one of England’s greatest naval heroes, and Emma ...Read Review
The White Guns
Genres:
Douglas Reeman’s naval adventures have been eagerly devoured by his numerous international followers for decades. His writings have not simply supplied readers ...Read Review
Halfhyde at the Bight of Benin
Genres:
In the 1890s, England and Russia used the world as their chessboard – a “Great Game” that was played out on both land and ...Read Review
Hazard’s Command
Genres:
The Royal Navy of the Crimean War is hardly the place where historical novels go for seaborne adventure, but V.A. Stuart’s ...Read Review
