Review
“Like the books of Patrick O’Brian and C.S. Forester, Mack’s novel is replete with sea action, the thunder of cannonfire, the pungent smells of slow match and black powder smoke.” —Sailing magazine
“A vivid slice of life from a bygone age…Captain Kilburnie is great fun and its vignettes of British naval life, aboard ship and ashore, ring satisfyingly true.” —Sailing magazine
“Compelling…exciting…authentic.” —Annapolis Capital
“A well-written, realistic sea yarn.” —The Star Democrat
“A well-written, realistic sea yarn—loaded to the gunwales with violence, blood and guts, powder and shot, broadsides, pikes, sabers, tall ships jargon, wine, whiskey and considerable sex, including adultery.” —The Star Democrat
“It’s unusual for novels set during the age of ‘wooden ships and iron men’ to be written by authors with actual naval experience. But with his new book, Captain Kilburnie, retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William P. Mack has joined the ranks of Capt. Frederick Marryat of Peter Simple fame as a writer who has seen naval life first hand…Captain Kilburnie swashbuckles quite nicely.” —Sailing magazine
“Compelling. The book has plot, the characters have motivation, the action is exciting and the background is authentic.” —Annapolis Capital
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About the Author
William P. Mack served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, retiring as vice admiral and Naval Academy superintendent in 1975. The author of several books, including three Naval Institute professional guides, his first attempt at fiction was a Book-of-the-Month Club award winner, South to Java, co-written with his son. The recipient of the Navy League’s Alfred Thayer Mahan Award, among other literary awards, the author lives and writes in Annapolis, Maryland.
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