The Flying Squadron
A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel
Published on 1. September 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4930-6630-8 (ISBN)
Description
It is 1811 and Napoleon's French Empire dominates Europe. Desperate to stem the encroaching French tide and avert war with the emerging power of the United States, the Royal Navy orders Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater to the Chesapeake Bay to heal the rift between London and Washington.
Quite by chance, on the banks of the Potomac, Drinkwater discovers the first clue to a bold plan by which the U.S. could defeat the Royal Navy, collapse the British government and utterly destroy the British cause. Amid personal crisis, Drinkwater takes command of a squadron sent against the Americans in the South Atlantic, audaciously risking his reputation and, in a climactic confrontation, coming face-to-face with the horror of an interminable war.
Quite by chance, on the banks of the Potomac, Drinkwater discovers the first clue to a bold plan by which the U.S. could defeat the Royal Navy, collapse the British government and utterly destroy the British cause. Amid personal crisis, Drinkwater takes command of a squadron sent against the Americans in the South Atlantic, audaciously risking his reputation and, in a climactic confrontation, coming face-to-face with the horror of an interminable war.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-6630-8 (9781493066308)
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07/2022
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Person
Captain Richard Martin Woodman retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical career. Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater series is often compared to the work of the late Patrick O'Brian. Woodman is the author of some two dozen nautical novels, as well as several nonfiction books. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, such as C.S. Forester or O'Brian, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and spent eleven years in command. His experience ranges from cargo-liners to ocean weather ships and specialist support vessels to yachts, square-riggers, and trawlers. Said Lloyd's List of his work: "As always, Richard Woodman's story is closely based on actual historical events. All this we have come to expect-and he adds that special ambience of colourful credibility which makes his nautical novels such rattling good reads."
Content
Flying Squadron Contents PART ONE: HAWKS AND DOVES Cawsand Bay 1 The King's Messenger 2 Roast Pork and Politics 3 A Capital Shot 4 The Paineite 5 An Invitation 6 The Widow Shaw 7 A Riot in the Blood 8 The Master Commandant 9 After the Fall 10 The Parthian Shot PART TWO: THE COMMODORE Gantley Hall 11 A Crossing of Rubicons 12 David and Goliath 13 The Intruder 14 Cry Havoc ... 15 The Whaler PART THREE: A FURIOUS ASIDE The Admiralty 16 The Dogs of War 17 The Flying Squadron The Puppet-master Author's Note