The fifth book in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series
Commander Drinkwater's experience of battle was what mattered when Earl St Vincent entrusted Drinkwater with his new command — as escort to the Arctic whaling fleet on its annual expedition to...
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The fate of a shipping company depends upon the successful maiden voyage of their new liner ARCADIA, the greatest liner of them all. Flappers, affairs, elegant balls, intrigue and treachery in this 1920s tale.
The magnificent saga of the...
The first book in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series.
Tells of the rise in the 1780s of Nathanial Drinkwater to the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy. Prior to promotion he saves a young seaman from the brutal attentions of a depraved midshipman and...
In A Brig of War, Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig HELLEBORE. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends HELLEBORE to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to...
Исторические приключения, Морские приключения
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
The narrative describes the life of an Englishman, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies who eventually makes his way to sea. One half of the book concerns Singleton’s crossing of Africa and the later half concerns his...
Set during the 19th century when emigrants were leaving England to settle in Australia, and of a young man, Jim Robbins, who set out on the ship, the Sardis, which founded in the estuary of the Thames River. Jim was one of the few survivors of the...
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Группа мальчиков-школьников оказывается на необитаемом острове после того, как их самолет терпит крушение. Свободные от надзора...
Hell Around the Horn is a nautical thriller set in the last days of the great age of sail. In 1905, a young ship’s captain and his family set sail on the windjammer, Lady Rebecca, from Cardiff, Wales with a cargo of coal bound for Chile, by way...
Зарубежная классическая проза, Морские приключения
A Journey to Crete, Costantinople, Naples and Florence: Three Months Abroad
A Journey to Crete, Costantinople, Naples and Florence: Three Months...
1954. Vixen 03 is down. The plane, bound for the Pacific carrying thirty-six Doomsday bombs — canisters armed with quick-death germs of unbelievable potency ― vanishes. Vixen has in fact crashed into an ice-covered lake in Colorado.
1988. Dirk...