Covering large fleet actions, the attempts to destroy the French invasion flotilla, many duels between pairs of ships and small groups of ships, and feats of daring, this title presents an account of the action-packed years of British naval history, during the period of 1800-15.

The sequel to 'Badge of Glory'. China 1900 - when the Boxer Rebellion erupts into a bloody war. True to their motto, the Royal Marines are first to land - and the last to leave. And again Blackwood is in command.

This work tells of the life and adventures of the daring seaman Thomas Cochrane, who rose from midshipman to admiral and was called The Sea Wolf by Napoleon.

Captain Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship in the August of 1850, anxious to get back into action. 'Per Mare-Per Terram' is the Marines' motto, and in the heat of Africa, Blackwood and his men learn to obey it without question.

Richard Bolitho is the master of a captured French flagship the Argonaute. His orders are to leave Falmouth and participate in the war following the breakdown of the Peace of Amiens. He and his men hold no quarter nor ask for one.

When a shipwreck and disaster overtakes a ship, a 100-mile reef off the coast of Africa becomes a powerful symbol of crisis and survival, claiming alike the innocent and the damned.

John Sugden interweaves graphic accounts of Nelson's famous victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar with his lesser-known yet equally gripping campaigns to liberate the Italian states from French domination and his role in the blockade of Malta, often snatching remarkable triumphs from crippling reverses. But behind his military prowess was a man riven with paradoxes and schisms at the very heart of his personal life. Nelson...

'H.M.S Surprise' follows Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against colleagues and the enemy, after accepting a commission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies.

This is the story of a great commander, Captain Robert Corbet, the most hated Navy captain of his day, and the battle for Mauritius. By 1809 the Indian Ocean was the final battleground for Nelson's Navy and the French fleet. At stake was Britain's commercial lifeline to India - and its strategic capacity to wage war in Europe.

In The Nutmeg of Consolation Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin start out stranded on an uninhabited island in the Dutch East Indies, attacked by ferocious Malay pirates. They contrive their escape, but are soon caught up in a night chase in angry waters.