"in sailing inform his seafaring novels. He saw active service with the Royal Navy during the Second World War, serving in the North Sea, Arctic, Atlantic and Mediterranean campaigns. Starting as a midshipman in destroyers he later transferred to motor torpedo boats, where he was twice mentioned in dispatches. Adam Bolitho is a fictional Royal Navy officer who is the main character in a series of novels written by Douglas Reeman (using the pseudonym Alexander Kent), succeeding the previous main character ""Richard Bolitho"". In ""Enemy in Sight"", Richard Bolitho is joined by his nephew Adam Pascoe, who is later renamed"
"Alexander Fullerton Alexander Fullerton (19242008) was a British author of naval and other fiction. Born in 1924 in Suffolk and brought up in France, he was a cadet during the years 1938–1941 at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from the age of thirteen. He went to sea serving first in the battleship ""Queen Elizabeth"" in the Mediterranean, and spent the rest of the war at sea – mostly under it, in submarines. He served as gunnery and torpedo officer of HM Submarine ""Seadog"" in the Far East, 1944–1945, in which capacity he was mentioned in dispatches for distinguished service. Alexander"
"U-boat supply vessel, has as its protagonist a major character (naval officer Ben Quarry) from the Rosie Ewing quartet. Alexander Fullerton Alexander Fullerton (19242008) was a British author of naval and other fiction. Born in 1924 in Suffolk and brought up in France, he was a cadet during the years 1938–1941 at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from the age of thirteen. He went to sea serving first in the battleship ""Queen Elizabeth"" in the Mediterranean, and spent the rest of the war at sea – mostly under it, in submarines. He served as gunnery and torpedo officer of HM"
"and professional rivals to be addressed. Alan Lewrie Alan Lewrie (KB BT) is the fictional hero and main character of Dewey Lambdin's naval adventure series of novels set during the American and the French Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars. Alan Lewrie provides a departure from other heroes of the genre. C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho, and Dudley Pope's Lord Ramage are much more in the traditional hero mode in attitudes and upbringing. Hornblower is the son of a country doctor packed off to sea after the death of his parents, Bolitho and Ramage are the sons of"
"novels. He is also mentioned in passing in Robert Brightwell's ""Flashman and the Seawolf"", based loosely on the exploits of Thomas, Lord Cochrane (as indeed is, in part, the character of Jack Aubrey). There is a panegyrical ""Life of Lord Keith"" by Alex. Allardyce (Edinburgh, 1882); and biographical notices will be found in John Marshall's ""Royal Naval Biography"", i. 43 (1823–1835), and the ""Naval Chronicle"", x. I. (D. H.). George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith Admiral of the Red George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith GCB (7 January 1746 – 10 March 1823) was a British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic"
"ran to three editions in a matter of weeks. HMS ""Antigone"" is not to be confused with HMS ""Antigone"" of the Nathaniel Drinkwater series by Richard Woodman. The Cruiser The Cruiser is a novel of war at sea by Warren Tute. It follows the story of HMS ""Antigone"", a fictional British of the Second World War named after the mythical Greek character Antigone. The novel paints a realistic picture of life on a cruiser in the late 1930s and early war years: the principal character is the ship herself, with many members of her crew (from the captain to the"
"as a knight of the late 14th century. One such tournament is the Deed of Alms, an annual HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) charity tournament hosted in Toronto to combat homelessness. Novel One Novel Two Novel 3 Christian Cameron Christian Gordon Cameron (born August 16, 1962), who writes under the pen names Gorden Kent and Miles Cameron, is a Canadian novelist, who was educated and trained as both an historian and a former career officer in the US Navy. His best-known work is the ongoing historical fiction series ""Tyrant"", which by 2009 had sold over 100,000 copies. Cameron was born"
"as a behind the scenes facilitator. His efforts were motivated by his evangelical faith. Three warships of the Royal Navy were named HMS Barham in honour of Charles Middleton including the Battleship HMS Barham launched in 1914. Barham is a character in ""Treason's Tide"" by Robert Wilton, set during the summer of 1805. He is also portrayed by the simple moniker of Admiral Barham in Naomi Novik's alternative history fiction series, Temeraire, in the second novel, ""Throne of Jade"", (published with Del Rey in 2006) in which he is depicted as arbitrating a dispute between the Chinese delegation and the"
"Royal Air Force during World War II, Catto returned to writing fiction. Exotic settings and fast-paced action were the trademarks of his novels, defying categorization into any one genre, instead blending elements of many popular literary styles. Much of his work has been translated into other languages. Max Catto Maxwell Jeffrey Catto (29 July 1907 – 12 March 1992) was born Mark Finkell in Manchester, England and was an English playwright and novelist. Catto wrote adventure novels and dramas for more than four decades and also wrote under the pseudonym Simon Kent. Ten of his works were adapted for film,"
"Edward Pelham Brenton Captain Edward Pelham Brenton (20 July 1774 – 13 April 1839) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who military career was relatively quiet, apart from involvement in the capture of Martinique in 1809. Brenton became famous in the aftermath of the war, when he published the ""Naval History of Great Britain from the Year 1783 to 1822"" in 1823. The book was popular, but Brenton was criticised at the time and since for his failure to distinguish between fact and rumour as well as his partisan political leanings."
"typical of the U.S. or its culture"". Novels set between 1880 and 1920 in the United States, usually in a small town or in the Midwest. Some historical novels explore life at sea, including C.S. Forester's Hornblower series, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series, Alexander Kent's The Bolitho Novels, Dudley Pope's Lord Ramage's series, all of which all deal with the Napoleonic Wars. American Fenimore Cooper, who served in the American Navy also wrote se stories, including ""The Red Rover"" and ""The Water Witch"". There are adventure novels with pirate characters like Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Treasure Island"" (1883), Emilio Salgari's Sandokan (1895–1913)"
"Fire"". Peter George's ""Red Alert"" (1958), is a Cold War thriller. War novels include Alistair MacLean thriller's ""The Guns of Navarone"" (1957), ""Where Eagles Dare"" (1968), and Jack Higgins' ""The Eagle Has Landed"" (1975). Patrick O'Brian's nautical historical novels feature the ""Aubrey–Maturin series"" set in the Royal Navy, the first being ""Master and Commander"" (1969). Ronald Welch's Carnegie Medal winning novel ""Knight Crusader"" is set in the 12th century and gives a depiction of the Third Crusade, featuring the Christian leader and King of England Richard the Lionheart. In crime fiction, the murder mysteries of Ruth Rendell and P. D."
"the private detectives George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, who operate aboard ocean liners of the early 20th century. As Garland he has written novels about the American Revolutionary War. Keith Miles Keith Miles (born 1940) is a writer of historical fiction and mystery novels. He has also written children's books, radio and television dramas and stage plays. He is best known under the pseudonym Edward Marston, and has also written as Martin Inigo and Conrad Allen. Miles was born and educated in South Wales. He gained a degree in Modern History from Oxford University and spent three years as"
"outbreak of the Korean War he rejoined the Navy. At the end of the Korean conflict he joined London County Council as a child welfare officer, but remained a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. Reeman's debut novel, ""A Prayer for the Ship"", was published in 1958. Reeman is most famous for his series of Napoleonic naval stories, whose central character is Richard Bolitho, and, later, his nephew, Adam Bolitho. Reeman also wrote a series of novels about several generations of the fictional Blackwood family who served in the Royal Marines from the 1850s to the 1970s, and a non-fiction"
"Armada of Antares Armada of Antares is a science fiction novel by British writer Kenneth Bulmer under the pseudonym of Alan Burt Akers. It is the eleventh volume in his extensive Dray Prescot series of sword and planet novels, set on the fictional world of Kregen, a planet of the Antares star system in the constellation of Scorpio. It was first published by DAW Books in 1976. The Dray Prescot series is made of several cycles of novels, each cycle essentially forming a series within the series. In addition to being the eleventh volume in the series as a whole,"
"Richard S. Prather Richard Scott Prather"". (September 9, 1921 – February 14, 2007) was an American mystery novelist, best known for creating the ""Shell Scott"" series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms David Knight and Douglas Ring""'. Prather was born in Santa Ana, California and spent a year at Riverside Junior College (now Riverside Community College). He served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, from 1942 through the end of the war, in 1945. That year he married Tina Hager and began working as a civilian chief clerk of surplus property at March Air Force Base"
"Alan Lewrie Alan Lewrie (KB BT) is the fictional hero and main character of Dewey Lambdin's naval adventure series of novels set during the American and the French Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars. Alan Lewrie provides a departure from other heroes of the genre. C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho, and Dudley Pope's Lord Ramage are much more in the traditional hero mode in attitudes and upbringing. Hornblower is the son of a country doctor packed off to sea after the death of his parents, Bolitho and Ramage are the sons of naval officers (captain and admiral, respectively)"
"edition by Vincent Segrelles. The second German edition was illustrated by Thomas Thiemeyer. Armada of Antares Armada of Antares is a science fiction novel by British writer Kenneth Bulmer under the pseudonym of Alan Burt Akers. It is the eleventh volume in his extensive Dray Prescot series of sword and planet novels, set on the fictional world of Kregen, a planet of the Antares star system in the constellation of Scorpio. It was first published by DAW Books in 1976. The Dray Prescot series is made of several cycles of novels, each cycle essentially forming a series within the series."
"""Blanket"" (1959) (published under the pseudonym ""Henry Stratton""), ""When the Bed Broke"" (1961), ""Captain Blossom"" (1973), ""Captain Blossom Soldiers On"" (1974), ""Nobs & Snobs"" (1976), ""Captain Blossom in Civvy Street"" (1978), and ""Fear No More"" (1989). Michael Nelson (novelist) Michael Nelson (1921-1990) was a British novelist best known for his 1958 gay novel ""A Room in Chelsea Square"", originally published anonymously. Born in 1921, Nelson was a journalist before the World War II. He was the secretary to publisher John Lehmann during the war and served as a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps. Nelson later owned a bookstore"
"at which he rapidly learned about the British military, in particular the Royal Navy. Writing under the pseudonym ""Nauticus"", Clowes covered the Royal Navy's manoeuvres in home waters for several newspapers and became an established authority on naval tactics and technology, publishing articles on gunnery, torpedoes and other naval issues of the time. An article written in 1893 has been credited with affecting the naval estimates of that year, the standard by which the relative power of navies was assessed. His 1894 novel, ""The Captain of the Mary Rose"" described a fictional modern naval war between Britain and France. In"
"names taken from Shakespearean or (Sir Walter) Scott characters. However, whilst still building in 1913 they were allocated to the L class and these original names were replaced on 30 September 1913 by new names beginning with the class letter 'L', the first ships to follow this new convention (see naming conventions for destroyers of the Royal Navy). The last pair - ""Lochinvar"" and ""Lassoo"" - were renamed in February 1915. Alexander Fullerton included a fictional ""Laforey"" class destroyer, called the ""Lanyard"", in his book ""The blooding of the Guns"", set during the battle of Jutland. The ""Laforeys"" were based"
"R. J. B. Knight ""For the English cricketer, administrator, and schoolmaster, see Roger Knight "" Roger John Beckett Knight (born 11 April 1944) is a British naval historian of the 18th century, a former Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, and author of a biography of Admiral Lord Nelson. The son of Lieutenant-Commander John B. Knight of Bromley, Kent, and Alyson Yvonne née Nunn, Roger Knight was educated at Tonbridge School, received a B.A. and M.A. at Trinity College, Dublin, Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at the University of Sussex; and his Ph.D. from University College,"
"for Military Literature, and the Anderson Medal of the Society of Nautical Research. In June 2014, the National Maritime Museum presented him its Caird Medal. http://www.rogerknight.org R. J. B. Knight ""For the English cricketer, administrator, and schoolmaster, see Roger Knight "" Roger John Beckett Knight (born 11 April 1944) is a British naval historian of the 18th century, a former Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, and author of a biography of Admiral Lord Nelson. The son of Lieutenant-Commander John B. Knight of Bromley, Kent, and Alyson Yvonne née Nunn, Roger Knight was educated at Tonbridge School,"
"Alexander Kent (the penname of Douglas Reeman), ""Honour This Day"", a battle between the British and Spanish navies is described as the British try to prevent the Spaniards from joining forces with the French navy under Villeneuve. Pierre-Charles Villeneuve Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806) was a French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. He was in command of the French and the Spanish fleets that were defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. Villeneuve was born in 1763 at Valensole, Basses Alpes, and joined the French Navy in 1778. He took part in Naval"
"the Royal Historical Society. Professor Lambert has published prolifically on the nineteenth century. His books include ""Battleships in Transition: the creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815–1960"" (1984); ""The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853–1856"" (1990); ""The Last Sailing Battlefleet: Maintaining Naval Master 1815–1850"" (1991); ""The Foundations of Naval History: John Knox Laughton, the Royal Navy and the Historical Profession"" (1998); ""War at Sea in the Age of Sail"" (2000), Nelson: ""Britannia’s God of War"" (2004) and ""Admirals"" (2008). ""Franklin at the Gates of Hell: A Polar Tragedy"" is to appear in 2009. He also presented"
"served as a man in the Napoleonic wars. In spite of their dubious authenticity, the books became extremely popular (Coverly also published the story of Almira Paul, a figure similar to Lucy Brewer, who is probably also fictional). At least 19 editions of ""The Female Marine"" were published between 1815 and 1818. The books were aimed at sailors, prostitutes, and (in particular) ""juveniles."" Surviving copies, when signed, mostly bear the names of women, and are ""typically worn and tattered – suggesting that many of the modest volumes were literally read to pieces by their eager purchasers."" Alexander Medlicott notes that"
"boys of the Children's Friend Society among the mourners. The year before his death, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1838 Coronation Honours. Edward Pelham Brenton Captain Edward Pelham Brenton (20 July 1774 – 13 April 1839) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who military career was relatively quiet, apart from involvement in the capture of Martinique in 1809. Brenton became famous in the aftermath of the war, when he published the ""Naval History of Great Britain from the Year 1783 to 1822"""
"at the time of the Napoleonic Wars, published his novel ""The Ship"" in May 1943. It is set in the war in the Mediterranean and follows a Royal Navy light cruiser in an action where it defeats a superior Italian force. The character and motivation of many of the men on board and the contributions they make are considered. The author dedicated the book ""with the deepest respect to the officers and crew of HMS ""Penelope"""". The story of the fictional HMS ""Artemis"" is based on but does not follow in detail, the Second Battle of Sirte. The book was"
"of the landed gentry. He attempts to flee to France in a private yacht, however a lucky suggestion by Bolitho allows Hugh to catch the yacht in flight, which the Avenger captures with little resistance. The book was originally published in 1978 as an independent novel. However it later appeared published with other novels omnibuses titled ""Midshipman Bolitho"", which included Richard Bolitho, Midshipman, and that ominbus was republished in ""The Complete Midshipman Bolitho"" in 2006 with the addition of the 2006 tale ""Band of Brothers"". Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger is a historical fiction novel"
"Nathaniel Drinkwater Nathaniel Drinkwater is a fictional character, the protagonist of a series of novels by Richard Woodman. In the series, he is an officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. According to Woodman, Drinkwater was born on 28 October 1762 to a poor family. His naval career started in 1779. His patron, Lord Dungarth, encouraged him to keep out of the larger ships of the line to indulge in smaller, and more interesting fictionally, engagements, with a series of secret missions later in his career. His French enemy, Edouard Santhonax appears in several books. The novels,"
"from 1997 to 2014 as an Honorary Captain in the Royal Canadian Navy, tasked to promote public awareness of early Canadian naval heritage. Since 1997 he has otherwise been a full-time writer and occasional historical adviser and on-screen presenter for film and television productions. He is the author of fourteen books, including several works of historical non-fiction, and his seven sea adventure novels, the Paul Gallant Trilogy and the Edward Mainwaring series, now also are published as e-books. His most recent book was a new biography of the Atlantic pirate Bartholomew Roberts (1682-1722), ""Black Flag of the North"", published in"
"Island"", where Lionel Barrymore played 'André Dakkar'. The prison island where Nemo and his fellow captives are held by Robur is called Rura Penthe; this is a reference to the slave factory island from the film ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"". It was due to having written ""Captain Nemo"" that Pocket Books approached Anderson to write the novelization of ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"" film. Anderson would later go on to write a similarly themed novel covering H. G. Wells and his works, entitled ""The Martian War"". Verne is mentioned several times in the book. Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History"
"Victorian England. George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880), was a major novelist of the mid-Victorian period. Her works, especially ""Middlemarch"" (1871–72), are important examples of literary realism, and are admired for their combination of high Victorian literary detail, with an intellectual breadth that removes them from the narrow geographic confines they often depict. George Meredith (1828–1909) is best remembered for his novels ""The Ordeal of Richard Feverel"" (1859), and ""The Egoist"" (1879). ""His reputation stood very high well into"" the 20th-century but then seriously declined. An interest in rural matters and the changing social and economic situation"