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21) Badge of glory
Author
Series
Publisher
Arrow Books
Pub. Date
1983
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Adlard Coles Nautical
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Britain is an island nation, and much of the land's history has been influenced by the seas and those who have conquered them. This book celebrates British maritime history, featuring the harbours, famous ships and sailors who have became part of British folklore.
28) Colours aloft!
Author
Publisher
Arrow Books
Pub. Date
2014
Description
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.
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Series
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John Pearce is hiding in Gravelines with his mysterious companion, known to him as Oliphant. Although they find a crew willing to take them back to England, they learn on the journey that Pearce's old enemies, the Tolland brothers, are still active on the route, and may have been responsible for the murder of Catherine Carruthers. Back in England their problems continue: Pearce must seek to mend fences with Emily Barclay, in a relationship in which...
31) Nelson
Author
Series
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Minna Lacey writes the remarkable story of Horatio Nelson, one of the greatest naval commanders of all time, from boy sailor to beloved national hero. The book is packed with colour images, diagrams, maps, and a cutaway of Nelson's most famous ship - HMS Victory.
Author
Publisher
Particular Books
Pub. Date
2022
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Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Seaforth Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The naval story of the First World War is often told in relation to the North Sea and the war in Europe, but this book concentrates on the Royal Navy's offensive operations further afield and argues that they were not, as often portrayed, unnecessary sideshows but absolutely critical to Britain's very survival.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Sam Willis traces the extraordinary career of a man who lived in a time of dramatic change - from his birth in an age of Revolution, through years of service under the restored monarchy and the dynastic upheavals of 1688-9, to the final tawdry betrayal that brought a brave man low.
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Publisher
Seaforth Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Thorpe, Isis
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Simon is discovered in the Hong Kong docks in 1948 and smuggled on board the HMS AMETHYST by a British sailor who takes pity on the malnourished kitten. The young cat quickly establishes himself as the chief rat-catcher in residence, while also winning the hearts of the entire crew. Then the AMETHYST is ordered to sail up the Yangtse, and tragedy strikes as it comes under fire from communist guns. Many of the crew are killed, and Simon is among those...
38) HMS Hazard
Author
Series
John Pearce volume 16
Publisher
Clipper Large Print Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
1796: John Pearce is stuck with a difficult mission, a raw crew of Quota Men forced to enlist in the Royal Navy, four brand new midshipmen as well as Samuel Oliphant, companion cum spy, whom he finds a constant irritant. In his favour he commands HMS Hazard, a sound and speedy warship, a pair of competent officers and, of course, his trusty old friends the Pelicans. Their primary mission is to head for the Mediterranean Fleet and warn Admiral Sir...
Author
Publisher
Soundings Audio Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Faber
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard.