Ramage at Trafalgar [Import] [Hardcover]

Dudley Pope (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: The Alison Press; First Edition edition (1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0436377489
• ISBN-13: 978-0436377488
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,877,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, December 13, 2002

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tertius3 (MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ramage at Trafalgar (The Lord Ramage Novels) (No. 16) (Paperback)

After a good deal of interesting matters on shore, Ramage and his faithful crew (already rich with prize money but faultlessly loyal to their captain) race off to join Admiral Lord Nelson before Cadiz in Spain, and the great naval battle of Trafalgar in 1805. More than any other nautical novel I've read, this one makes clear just how revolutionary were Nelson's killer tactics. It is worth reading just for the views of Nelson at home and at war. The reasons why Nelson is Britain's greatest hero are made clear. The story is constructed with a long narrative line building to a thrilling climax, and a wonderfully sad ending as Ramage appears headed for another court-martial due to his valiant actions taken without orders.

Book notes: poorly proof-read for a McBooks book. The only title in the Ramage series with a genuinely old painting on the cover (but has nothing to do with the story). While it can certainly stand on its own better than most in the series because it more closely concerns real historical figures than usual, as the 16th of 18 this volume is probably not the place to start.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ramage at Trafalgar, July 2, 2006

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Michael M. O'mara (Rochester Hills, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ramage at Trafalgar (The Lord Ramage Novels) (No. 16) (Paperback)

Not only entertaining reading but much detail of how living ws in that century.

Also really detailed info on how ships and their cews lived and died.

The description of the gunpwder room is particularly detailed, something missing from other eloquent writers of this genre.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting book, June 26, 2008

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Dr J (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ramage at Trafalgar (The Lord Ramage Novels) (No. 16) (Paperback)

After the disaster of the previous book (Ramage's Challenge), this one is a welcome relief. It starts off a little slowly--getting the ship ready in England and sailing out to join the fleet off Cadiz. And Pope, in usual fashion, can't move things along quickly enough. Well, Ramage joins the fleet and is sent onshore as a a spy to get information from an informant. This episode is not particularly helpful to the story, though. Things really get good when the Franco-Spanish fleet sets sail. From here on, the book reads like a thriller and the battle is very good. Pope really rises to the challenge and gives the reader a treat. too bad he didn't get right to the good stuff right away. This could have been a great book.

I do have some problems with weaving fictional characters into historical events. Yes, sooner or later, all our fictional heroes must be at the big battles. But Ramage seems to play too big a part. He's not just some guy on a ship shooting a gun, but a relatively major, or at least noticeable, player in the battle. I'm a bit uncomfortable with that.