Captains Of The Renown

Author : D.E. Stockman
Publisher : Fireship Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781735354590

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Captains of the Renown by D.E. Stockman Pdf

The Seven Years War rages and the British frigate Renown returns to sea and the many lives she’s ferried turn upside down in this second book of the award-winning series. Abraham, an English shipwright, and his wife Yvette confront childlessness and poverty in mid-1700s London until help comes from his old friend, Captain Shirley. Unspeakable acts change Shirley’s life and transform Abraham, at a dear cost. Off the coast of France, Captain Mackenzie sails the frigate Renown into action, but the politics of Lord Fortrose force him into an unbearable assignment. The Siege of Havana tests his skills, but will it vindicate him? In this compelling story, historical and fictional characters’ morality and villainy collide with the final unexpected revelations rocking their destinies.

Author : Enguerrand de Monstrelet
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368930172

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The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet by Enguerrand de Monstrelet Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : John Burke,Bernard Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Genealogy
ISBN : PRNC:32101076468782

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The Patrician by John Burke,Bernard Burke Pdf

Author : Graham Rhys-Jones
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844689293

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Churchill and the Norway Campaign, 1940 by Graham Rhys-Jones Pdf

On 9 April 1940, the German Armed Forces seized Norway and Denmark in an operation remarkable for its precision and boldness. The Chamberlain War Cabinet was caught on the hop and responded with ineptitude.While this book examines the making of grand strategy it is first and foremost the story of this ill-fated campaign. It describes the attempts of naval and military commanders to respond to daily shifts in government policy and to grasp the methods of a new kind of enemy one which seemed willing to take extraordinary risks and which had regained a level of tactical mobility not seen since Napoleonic times. Norway has been eclipsed by the larger disasters which followed shortly after notably the evacuation from Dunkirk and the fall of France. Although there is a substantial body of printed material touching on the subject, few accounts provide a clear view of the campaign as a whole and fewer still are easy to read. While the book concentrates on the higher levels of decision-making (War Cabinets, Chiefs of Staff, and Theater Commanders), it gives equal emphasis to land, sea and air operations and the men who under took them and provides, as far as possible, an even balance between British and German perspectives.

Author : Tim Parker,Geoffrey Holder Jones
Publisher : Sheridan House
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781461718048

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Signalman Jones by Tim Parker,Geoffrey Holder Jones Pdf

In 1939, young English naval signalman Geoffrey Holder-Jones began his career by surviving a German mine attack in the Thames estuary. World War II took him as naval officer to Iceland, the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, and the United States. Commissioned as a naval officer and given command of his own ship, Jones then patrolled the waters off Canada and Newfoundland before returning to Britain in 1944. This true story, written on the basis of personal conversations and a scrapbook entrusted to the author 60 years after the war, illuminates one of the great achievements of the war the beating of the German U-boat blockade of the American coast by squadrons of Allied ships that were little more than motley collections of armed trawlers and whalers. With a sense of humor and decency that sustained him through the ordeals of convoy duty in the Arctic Ocean, Signalman Jones has related his story to Tim Parker with vivid observations and an eye for the absurd.

Author : Richard Woodman
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848322028

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The Sea Warriors by Richard Woodman Pdf

The Sea Warriors is the true story of the great frigate captains of the Nelsonic Royal Navy who spent long and arduous years away from their homes fighting for king and country, to win and hold control of the seas. Richard Woodman skilfully dissects the events of the war years, focussing on the cruiser war, that war between opposing frigates which entailed the blockade of enemy ports, the interception of enemy trade and the protection of Britain's merchant ships. The whole magnificent sweep of this great struggle is set against its political background of the Napoleonic wars and the sea war with America. With this narrative come an extraordinary array of young, daring and hugely skilled frigate captains whose ability to grasp the chances offered by war made them household names in this savage age. Some, like Warren, Pellew, Cochrane and Collingwood, are still renowned; others are here rescued from under the shadow of Nelson as the author recounts their brave and brilliant exploits. rnAs well as the thrilling accounts of sea battles and single-ship actions, the author describes the darker side to life at sea – the constant danger and harsh discipline, the wearying monotony of sea-keeping, the scourges of disease and the occasional outbreaks of mutiny. All this is brought together in a stirring narrative by one of the country's finest naval writers.

Author : Edward Fraser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041662656

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The Fighting Fame of the King's Ships, Dreadnoughts and Captains of Renown by Edward Fraser Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : NYPL:33433081656724

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The United Service Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Debritt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1801
Category : Europe
ISBN : NYPL:33433006214260

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A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain and the Several Other European Powers ... by John Debritt Pdf

Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547117032

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Then and Now by W. Somerset Maugham Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Then and Now" by W. Somerset Maugham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Various
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108054492

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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1858 by Various Pdf

The 1858 Nautical Magazine reports on the inauguration of the first Atlantic cable and relations between China and the West.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000096621

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The Naval Chronicle, Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN : UCAL:B2905165

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Brassey's Naval Annual by Anonim Pdf

Author : William James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : NYPL:33433008490116

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The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV. by William James Pdf

Author : William James
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108021678

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The Naval History of Great Britain by William James Pdf

A detailed, authoritative history of the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, first published between in the 1820s.