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Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by dispatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attention of two privateers soon becomes menacing. The chase that follows through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is as tense, and as unexpected in its culmination, as anything Patrick O'Brian has...
22) Lord Hornblower
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1989]
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IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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As his naval battles with Napoleon conclude, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew.
25) Colours aloft!
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Richard Bolitho novels volume no. 16
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English
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Falmouth, September 1803: As Bolitho faces the grim reality of war at close quarters, he will be called upon to anticipate the strategies of the French fleet. But the conflict has also taken on a personal note, reviving his vendetta with the French Admiral, Jobert, who once commanded the Argonaute.
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 24
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Richard Bolitho novels volume no. 13
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English
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Copenhagen, 1800. After seven years of cruel war against France, Britain's long-standing ally, Denmark, suddenly poses a threat. The scene of battle shifts to the Baltic where the British navy encounters the bitter hardship of blockade duty.
30) Flying colours
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1986?], c1938
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IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 13
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English
31) Ship of the line
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1985, c1938
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IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Piracy, bloodshed and betrayal in the early days of Hong Kong ... 1849, South China Sea: A burning clipper and her slaughtered crew can only be the work of Zhai Jing-mu, China's most feared and ruthless pirate. Kit Killigrew, HMS Tisiphone 's second lieutenant, captures Zhai after a bloody chase. After handing Zhai to the police, Killigrew is free to enjoy the many pleasures of Hong Kong. But beneath the opulent surface, tensions seethe: the Triads...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 23
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipman to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. Summer, 1809, and Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, wins fame, glory, and prize-money leading his squadron to victory over four French...
40) The hundred days
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For years, critics have celebrated best-selling author Patrick O'Brian's seafaring adventures for their magnificent blend of swashbuckling excitement and historical accuracy. With The Hundred Days, he transports you to the high seas of the Napoleonic era when the French demagogue is making a desperate attempt to control the European world. While Napoleon pursues the British across Europe, rumors fly about him forging a secret link with the forces...
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