Brothers Of The Wolf
HMS Jason
Published on 15. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
674 pages
978-1-83418-708-2 (ISBN)
Description
The King of England's Navy desperately seeks to reassert its dominance on the high seas in the year 1798. Memories of the previous year's fleet mutinies are fresh in every sea officer's mind as England prepares to defend itself against a massive invasion attempt upon its shores. General Napoleon's "Army of the Coasts of the Ocean" is ramping up construction of shallow draft troop-carrying vessels designed to cross the English Channel and take England by storm. King George III's Navy is all that stands between!
Captain Charles Stirling is a veteran English Post Captain of the fifth-rate frigate Jason. With a sharp mind and predatory nature Stirling is cut from the same cloth as his contemporary Nelson and has gained a reputation as a fighting captain.
On February 6th, 1798, Captain Stirling welcomes twelve-year-old William Wolrige on board the decks of Jason as a first-class volunteer. William is the number four son (of six) belonging to George and Eleanor Wolrige. Much like his older brothers and cousins he is not without his merits. These come to the fore quickly during the action-packed bloody months that follow. The Wolrige family and their Cornish cousins the Wooldridge's are all in during the French Revolutionary and the subsequent Napoleonic Wars fought between 1793 and 1815. This is their story.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83418-708-2 (9781834187082)
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Jeffrey Wolrige was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he still lives with his wife Linda, his children and grandchildren. A business graduate of the University of British Columbia, Jeff has spent the greater portion of his career owning and operating businesses within Greater Vancouver and on the far North Coast of British Columbia. The author's true passion for many years has been the development of hydroelectric and mining projects within BC's "Golden Triangle" of mining. Jeff's work since 1998 has involved the construction and operation of mining and hydroelectric camp facilities, roads, bridges, and related marine infrastructure within Canada's most northerly territories on the Pacific Ocean abutting Alaska. The author spends considerable time in the vast wilderness of northern BC, and at sea, the primary means of getting there. The author has had the privilege of working closely alongside the Nisga'a people of the Nass Valley. The Nisga'a tradition of oral storytelling and handing down history from one generation to the next has inspired the author to write about his own family's history. This book represents Jeff's first work of historical fiction.