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Faced with a ship in need of repair, enemy attacks and the threat of wily Admiral Hotham, John Pearce is sailing into danger. Meanwhile Ralph Barclay is on his way to the Mediterranean. Thinking his wife still with Pearce and that he can repair his marriage by rescuing her, he sails in pursuit, Hotham half-hoping he suffers the same fate as the admiral has in store for Pearce. Can John Pearce fight to first save himself and his charges from captivity...
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Particular Books
Pub. Date
2022
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If Britain's maritime history were embodied in a single ship, she would have a prehistoric prow, a mast plucked from a Victorian steamship, the hull of a modest fishing vessel, the propeller of an ocean liner and an anchor made of stone. We might call her Asunder, and, fantastical though she is, we could in fact find her today, scattered in fragments across the country's creeks and coastlines. This extraordinary book collects those fragments for a...
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Seaforth Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
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The term 'the phony war' is often applied to the first months of the Second World War, a term suggesting inaction or passivity. That may have been the perception of the war on land, but at sea it was very different. This new book is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles, from 1939 up to the invasion of the Norway in April 1940.
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Soundings Audio Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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John Pearce faces a court martial, but will a cowardly chief witness stand up to questioning? With the matter unresolved, HMS Hazard is put under the command of Horatio Nelson. In London, the government denies prize money for the cargo of silver Pearce took off the Santa Leocadia, claiming it as property of the Crown. Pearce's prize agent seeks to fight this, only to be outmanoeuvred by devious Henry Dundas. From Elba, Pearce is sent on a mission...
10) Beyond the reef
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Arrow Books
Pub. Date
2005
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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.
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Book House
Pub. Date
2005
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An ideal text for shared/guided reading for Key Stage 2 pupils within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy, this book provides an insight into exploration in the 16th century, including what it was like on board ship; weather conditions you would have to face; and the acts of piracy committed during the voyage.
13) H.M.S. Surprise
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2002
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'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.
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2023
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John Pearce discovers that Madrid plans to desert the British-led coalition and join the enemy. In company with Lord Langholm, he has taken a Spanish treasure ship. Overlooked by Spaniards who have created a trap with cannon on the heights aimed at the narrow entrance. Pearce must take the lead, exposed to plunging fire, lucky the guns do not quite have the range and, having succeeded, he must find a way to get Langholm's frigate and the damaged Santa...
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John Pearce volume 14
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1796: Lieutenant John Pearce is going home aboard a hospital ship crammed with human cargo. But added to the difficulties of insufficient ballast to match the heavy swells of the Mediterranean in midwinter, Pearce must also avoid capture by an Algerine warship. His problems soon mount when in attempting to steer his disparate band of friends, the Pelicans, clear of being pressed into service aboard a British frigate, the group risk being hanged for...
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Orion Books
Pub. Date
2013
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Valparaiso, June 1822. Thomas Cochrane has led the Chilean fleet to victory, and as the news spreads of the country's independence from Spain, a British woman, Maria Graham, watches from her house near Valparaiso Bay. In Maria Graham Cochrane meets a woman whose intelligence and spirit of adventure match his own.
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Aubrey-Maturin volume 14
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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.
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Richard Bolitho volume 1
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One of four titles in Alexander Kent's stirring naval series, this book contains 'Richard Bolitho - Midshipman', 'Midshipman Bolitho and the 'Avenger'' and 'Band of Brothers'.