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C. S. Forester's Captain Horatio Hornblower eludes an American privateer and Richard Woodman brings Nathaniel Drinkwater out of retirement in this collection of twenty-one sea stories, fifteen of them written especially for this volume. From the Hawaiian coast to the shores of England, at Trafalgar, at Copenhagen, and on the Nile, daring exploits and breathtaking encounters quicken these pages by celebrated writers like David Donachie, Jacland Marmur, William Hope Hodgson, Kenneth Bulmer, Nigel Brown, Harriet Hudson, Peter T. Garratt, Peter Tremayne, Derek Wilson, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
C. S. Forester's Captain Horatio Hornblower eludes an American privateer and Richard Woodman brings Nathaniel Drinkwater out of retirement in this collection of twenty-one sea stories, fifteen of them written especially for this volume. From the Hawaiian coast to the shores of England, at Trafalgar, at Copenhagen, and on the Nile, daring exploits and breathtaking encounters quicken these pages by celebrated writers like David Donachie, Jacland Marmur, William Hope Hodgson, Kenneth Bulmer, Nigel Brown, Harriet Hudson, Peter T. Garratt, Peter Tremayne, Derek Wilson, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Although most of the stories in this anthology are set during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, we start our journey through naval history several years earlier, in fact in the midst of the Seven Years War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old harpooner, cuddy door, stay ropes, despatch case, open gunports, little brig, orlop deck, stern gallery, gun deck, gun captain, bow chaser, weather gauge, young midshipman, big cabin, great cabin, larboard side, master gunner, chain shot, whaling fleet, prize crew Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Casa Bianca, Princess Caroline, Captain Drool, Lieutenant Jardine, Jack Gallant, Midshipman Hart, Lord Nelson, Captain Smith, Cherokee Sam, Jim Sayce, Lady Sarah, Lieutenant Wainright, Royal Navy, Captain Fourneau, Captain Weatherall, Ira Barton, Lady Sophia, Yankee Blade, Captain Williams, George Keene, Queen of Hanover, Lady Nelson, Lord Swanborough, City of Lancaster, Monsieur Jeynois New!
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Although most of the stories in this anthology are set during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, we start our journey through naval history several years earlier, in fact in the midst of the Seven Years War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old harpooner, cuddy door, stay ropes, despatch case, open gunports, little brig, orlop deck, stern gallery, gun deck, gun captain, bow chaser, weather gauge, young midshipman, big cabin, great cabin, larboard side, master gunner, chain shot, whaling fleet, prize crew Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Casa Bianca, Princess Caroline, Captain Drool, Lieutenant Jardine, Jack Gallant, Midshipman Hart, Lord Nelson, Captain Smith, Cherokee Sam, Jim Sayce, Lady Sarah, Lieutenant Wainright, Royal Navy, Captain Fourneau, Captain Weatherall, Ira Barton, Lady Sophia, Yankee Blade, Captain Williams, George Keene, Queen of Hanover, Lady Nelson, Lord Swanborough, City of Lancaster, Monsieur Jeynois New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- On a Making Tide (The Nelson and Emma Trilogy) by David Donachie in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 25
- The Happy Return by C. S. Forester on page 378
- Masterman Ready by Frederick Marryat on page 217
- Sir Nigel (Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on page 478
- The Children Of The New Forest by Frederick Marryat on page 217
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