Galleon [Hardcover]

Dudley Pope (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1987

As England falls under a blanket of peace with the restoration of Charles II, in distant Jamaica all is not well. Though there is peace with Spain, there is No Peace Beyond the Line. It seems that the West Indies have become the private estate of the King of Spain. But Ned Yorke, Admiral of the Brethren, leader of the Buccaneers will not kowtow to the new Governor in Jamaica who is bent on weakening the Island's defences and destroying its currency. Ned Yorke and his Buccaneers must not remain idle. The third in a series set in the Caribbean, Dudley Pope reveals a masterful plot of subtle, seafaring lore wound around the tense excitement of adventure on the high seas.

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About the Author

Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope was born in 1925 into an ancient Cornish seafaring family. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen and spent much of his early life at sea. He was torpedoed during the Second World War and his resulting spinal injuries plagues him for the rest of his life. Towards the end of the war he turned to jouralism becoming the Naval and Defence Correspondent for the London Evening News. Encouraged by Hornblower creator CS Forester, he began writing fiction using his own experiences in the Navy and his extensive historical reseacrh as a basis. In 1965 he wrote 'Ramage', the first of his highly successful series of novels following the exploits of the heroic Lord Nicholas Ramage during the Napoleonic Wars. He continued to live aboard boats whenever possible and this was where he wrote the majority of his novels. Dudley Pope died in 1997 aged seventy one. 'The first and still favourite rival to Hornblower' - Daily Mirror --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 257 pages
• Publisher: Walker & Co; 1st edition (December 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802709893
• ISBN-13: 978-0802709899
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,062,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good but not as gripping as the lord ramage novels, April 24, 2011

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This review is from: Galleon (Paperback)

interesting book but not up to the standards of the lord ramage novels. had a difficult time forcing myself to finish this book. took me almost a week to finish reading unlike my usual 1 day.

2.0 out of 5 stars Really bad, December 7, 2011

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W. B Crews (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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Stock characters, stock villains, stilted dialog. The only saving grace is the seminar on the history of Jamaica -- though it is offset by the totally out of place essay on amber-working -- For anyone other than Dudley Pope I would have tossed it aside. Two stars... because Pope has written good stuff.