"Dudley Pope Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (29 December 1925 – 25 April 1997) was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage series of historical novels. Greatly inspired by C.S. Forester, Pope was one of the most successful authors to explore the genre of nautical fiction, often compared to Patrick O'Brian. Dudley Pope was born in Ashford, Kent. By concealing his age he joined the Home Guard aged 14 and at age 16 joined the merchant navy as a cadet. His ship was torpedoed the next year (1942). Afterwards, he spent two weeks"
"Lord Ramage Nicholas, Lord Ramage is a fictional character, the protagonist of a series of sea novels written by Dudley Pope. Ramage was an officer in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. He is a contemporary of Horatio Hornblower, but unlike the latter, who never fought in a large fleet battle, Ramage participated in both the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and the Battle of Trafalgar. Nicholas Ramage was born in 1775 at Blazey Hall in Cornwall, the eldest son of the Earl of Blazey. Nicholas' father was a Vice-Admiral who was court martialled (some sympathetic colleagues felt unjustly"
"that ""Dudley Pope has kept his story scudding along before a fine wind,"" and ""Therewith predict that Lieut. Nicholas Ramage, commander of His Majesty's cutter ""Kathleen"", will enjoy a highly successful career and survive some of the most perilous adventures experienced by any British naval officer in the entire history of the Napoleonic Wars."" Publishing information from Google Books; Ramage (novel) Ramage is the first novel in the Lord Ramage novels by Dudley Pope. It is set during the French Revolutionary Wars and later in the series during the Napoleonic wars. Nicholas Lord Ramage is the third lieutenant on His"
"Governor Ramage R.N. Governor Ramage R.N. is an historical novel by Dudley Pope, set during the French Revolutionary Wars. It is the fourth of the Ramage novels, following on from ""Ramage and the Freebooters"". Ramage's ship, the ""HMS Triton"", is performing guard duty to a merchant convoy travelling from Britain to Jamaica. An otherwise routine assignment is complicated by his being under the orders of Rear Admiral Goddard, his family's sworn enemy. The convoy is menaced by French and Spanish attackers, and hit by a hurricane. Ramage pulls through, only to be court-martialed under Goddard's trumped-up charges. A side-plot occurs"
"on the island that gives the book its title, though in fact Ramage never attempts to exercise any civil authority over the island. Governor Ramage R.N. Governor Ramage R.N. is an historical novel by Dudley Pope, set during the French Revolutionary Wars. It is the fourth of the Ramage novels, following on from ""Ramage and the Freebooters"". Ramage's ship, the ""HMS Triton"", is performing guard duty to a merchant convoy travelling from Britain to Jamaica. An otherwise routine assignment is complicated by his being under the orders of Rear Admiral Goddard, his family's sworn enemy. The convoy is menaced by"
"Ramage and the Freebooters Ramage and the Freebooters, is an historical novel by Dudley Pope, set during the French Revolutionary Wars. It is the third of the Ramage novels, following on from ""Ramage and the Drumbeat"". Ramage, recovering from medical leave after the Battle of Cape St Vincent is summoned to the Admiralty by Lord Spencer and given command of a brig, HMS Triton, with orders to take sealed dispatches to the admirals commanding the British fleets off Brest, Cadiz and the West Indies. However, there is just one small problem – the HMS Triton is docked at Spithead, where"
"The Mediterranean Caper The Mediterranean Caper (also published 'Mayday') is an action-adventure novel by Clive Cussler published in the United States in 1973. This is the 1st published book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. It was nominated for an Edgar award by the Mystery Writers of America for ""Best Paperback Original Novel of 1973."" Dirk Pitt is up against an international drug smuggling ring and the evil Bruno Von Till, a German pilot who survived both World Wars to become one of the most ruthless smugglers in history. The novel is set in the Aegean Sea, where Dirk"
"Ramage (novel) Ramage is the first novel in the Lord Ramage novels by Dudley Pope. It is set during the French Revolutionary Wars and later in the series during the Napoleonic wars. Nicholas Lord Ramage is the third lieutenant on His Majesty's ship ""Sibella"", but assumes command when the Captain, and the First and Second Lieutenants are killed by fire from a French ship. The French ship had fatally crippled the ""Sibella"" and had killed over half of her crew, including the surgeon and surgeon's mate. As the new Captain, Ramage decides to abandon the sinking ship. He leaves the"
"such a figure is enough for a man to do in one lifetime... The love element, with its absurd suppressions, and impossible proprieties, is awful."" The personal character of the novel's antagonist ""Wolf Larsen"" was attributed to a real sailor London had known, Captain Alex MacLean. According to London himself, ""much of the Sea Wolf is imaginary development, but the basis is Alexander McLean"". Captain Alex MacLean, or McLean, was born May 15, 1858 in East Bay, Nova Scotia. He did sail mostly in the Pacific North West with his brother, Captain Dan MacLean. MacLean was at one time the"
"war against the French following Nelson's victories in the Mediterranean, including the British victory at the 1798 Battle of the Nile. The naval actions of the novel are closely based on the exploits of Thomas Cochrane (1775–1860), 10th Earl of Dundonald, a notoriously fiery naval captain and later admiral. Cochrane's own ship, HMS ""Speedy"", forms the basis for Aubrey's ""Sophie"". A significant subplot of the novel concerns the divided loyalties of the two Irishmen, Dillon and Maturin, following their involvement in the unsuccessful Irish Rebellion of 1798. Ireland was then a country governed by England, and political dissent had been"
"are fearful. In traditions associated with sailors crossing the Equatorial line, there was a ""raucous and rowdy"" initiation presided over by those who had crossed the line before, known as shellbacks, or Sons of Neptune. The eldest shellback was called King Neptune, and Davy Jones would be re-enacted as his first assistant. In 1824, Washington Irving mentions Jones's name in his ""Adventures of the Black Fisherman"": In Edgar Allan Poe's """" of 1835, Davy Jones is referred to dismissively by the anti-hero, Tarpaulin, when King Pest refers to ""that unearthly sovereign"" ""whose name is Death."" Tarpaulin responds, ""Whose name is"
"No specific real life captain completely matches Aubrey, but the exploits of two naval captains inspired events in the novels, Captain Thomas Cochrane, and Captain William Woolsey. Cochrane used the ruse of placing a light on a floating barrel at night to avoid capture. Woolsey, aboard HMS ""Papillon"", disguised a ship under his command as a commercial boat; on discovering information that a rogue ship was on the other side of a small island, he sailed around the island and captured the Spanish ship by stratagem, on April 15, 1805. The film combines elements from 13 different novels of Patrick"
"capture of the privateers, Ramage finds that he now has the upper hand over his political enemies. ""Booklist"" called it ' Another stirring eighteenth-century sea adventure ', while the ""New York Times"" declared 'Not even C.S. Forester knows more about the routine and battle procedures of the British Navy in the days of Nelson.' Ramage and the Freebooters Ramage and the Freebooters, is an historical novel by Dudley Pope, set during the French Revolutionary Wars. It is the third of the Ramage novels, following on from ""Ramage and the Drumbeat"". Ramage, recovering from medical leave after the Battle of Cape"
"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 ""three fat men of the sea"") as supporting actors. The author had served on , a real ""Leander""-class cruiser, during the 1930s. Published in 1955, ""The Cruiser"""
"exists between Scipio Africanus, fellow sailor Dick Fid, and a Royal Navy officer whom they befriend after saving his life. Though the two men treat him like an officer, deferring to him with respect, they still remain friendly. Cooper is one of the authors credited with helping pioneer the sea novel genre. For him, however, American history before his time hardly offered real maritime tradition to seize in his historical fiction; instead he innovated, writing purely fictional pieces, unlike his novels about other events in American history. Forty four days after the first American publication of the novel in 1828,"
"on March 22, 2019. The Good Shepherd (novel) The Good Shepherd (1955) is a nautical and war novel by C.S. Forester, best known as the creator of fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. The hero of ""The Good Shepherd"" is Commander Krause, the captain of the fictional US Navy ""Mahan""-class destroyer USS ""Keeling"" in World War II. Krause is in overall command of an escort force protecting an Atlantic convoy in the Battle of the Atlantic. He finds himself in a difficult position. The voyage in question occurs early in 1942, shortly after America's entry into the war. Although he"
"Nautilus file manager from which it was forked. A Polish singer - Bogdan Gajkowski - popular especially during the 1980s, started recording song under the name ""Kapitan Nemo"" the Polish name of Captain Nemo. Captain Nemo Captain Nemo (; also known as Prince Dakkar) is a fictional character created by the French science fiction author Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's novels, ""Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"" (1870) and ""The Mysterious Island"" (1874), and makes a cameo appearance in Verne's play ""Journey Through the Impossible"" (1882). Nemo is a mysterious figure. The son of an Indian"
"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"
"The Good Shepherd (novel) The Good Shepherd (1955) is a nautical and war novel by C.S. Forester, best known as the creator of fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. The hero of ""The Good Shepherd"" is Commander Krause, the captain of the fictional US Navy ""Mahan""-class destroyer USS ""Keeling"" in World War II. Krause is in overall command of an escort force protecting an Atlantic convoy in the Battle of the Atlantic. He finds himself in a difficult position. The voyage in question occurs early in 1942, shortly after America's entry into the war. Although he is a career Navy"
"Ramage and the Drumbeat Ramage and the Drumbeat, also published as Drumbeat is an historical novel by Dudley Pope, set during 1796 and 1797 amongst the naval warfare of the French Revolutionary Wars. It is the second of the Ramage novels, following on from ""Ramage"". During the book, Ramage becomes an integral part of ensuring British readiness for the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797). The book follows Lt. Nicholas Lord Ramage and his experiences commanding the cutter HMS ""Kathleen"". Dispatched by Commodore Horatio Nelson to carry messages to Gibraltar while transporting the Italians refugees rescued in ""Ramage"". During the"
"and was abandoned for more than four years on a deserted island. That case, and perhaps another similar one carried out by a certain Pedro Serrano, were sources for English writer Daniel Defoes' novel ""Robinson Crusoe"". Selkirk, a rebellious and egotistical pirate, is the pilot of the ""Esperanza"", an English galleon that sails the southern seas looking for treasure. Through gambling he earns the present and future savings of his companions, winning the enmity of the crew and Captain Bullock, who decides to leave him on a desert island. The critic Diego Batle said that to the rhythm of a"
"different characters in different novels. Seventeen books have had a character with this name, frequently in the opening prologues, frequently a sailor, usually dying; a notable exception is the first (in chronological order) Dirk Pitt adventure, ""Pacific Vortex"", in which Admiral Leigh Hunter is a major character, commander of the 101st Recovery Fleet in Hawaii. In the introduction to ""Arctic Drift"", Cussler says there was a real Leigh Hunt who died in 2007 and the novel is dedicated to him. Another is that significant events in several novels occur on July 15 (Cussler's birthday). He also uses the name ""Periwinkle"""
"contact with historical figures such as Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. The following titles represent the five novels in the ""Revolution at Sea Saga"": The following title is not part of the ""Revolution at Sea Saga"", but uses several of the same characters: ""(see Minor characters in the Revolution at Sea Saga)"" The following is a list of the major characters in the ""Revolution at Sea Saga"". The protagonist of the series, a merchant turned naval captain. Biddlecomb becomes increasingly successful in his naval endeavors over the course of the series, leading him to increased fame within the American Navy"
"of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean. Selkirk, a sailor with the Dampier expedition, was worried about the unseaworthy condition of his ship, the ""Cinque Ports"", and had argued with the captain until he left him ashore on the island where they had briefly stopped for water and food supplies. The ""Cinque Ports"" later sank with the loss of most of her crew. Selkirk was not rescued until four years later, by Woodes Rogers. Selkirk's travails provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel ""Robinson Crusoe"". Today, one of the islands on the Chilean coast is named Alejandro Selkirk Island and another"
"Captain Nemo Captain Nemo (; also known as Prince Dakkar) is a fictional character created by the French science fiction author Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's novels, ""Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"" (1870) and ""The Mysterious Island"" (1874), and makes a cameo appearance in Verne's play ""Journey Through the Impossible"" (1882). Nemo is a mysterious figure. The son of an Indian Raja, he is a scientific genius who roams the depths of the sea in his submarine, the ""Nautilus"", which was built in pieces all over the world and shipped to the builder. Nemo tries"
"original drawings painted in Palestine. The character of Duckworth in the TV show ""Duck Tales"" was named after him. Robinson Duckworth The Reverend Robinson Duckworth, DD, CVO, VD (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911), was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). He is represented by the Duck in the book, a play on his last name. He officiated at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. Duckworth was the second son of Robinson Duckworth Sr. of Liverpool"
"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)"
"the ocean in the middle of a horrible storm and they become shipwrecked. Saved by a passing pirate ship Connor is pulled aboard by the pirate Cheng Li and quickly adjusts to his new life as a pirate prodigy. Meanwhile, Grace is rescued from the sea by the Irish vampire pirate (Vampirate) Lorcan Furey and pulled onto a strange ship. She soon discovers that the ship is not a pirate ship, but a Vampirate ship instead. As they fight to find each other, they discover that they have chosen different paths and loyalties, but will they ever find each other"
"ordinary folk have envisioned over the decades their own interpretations of ""Nautilus"": A Catalog of ""Nautilus"" Designs Nautilus (Verne) Nautilus is the fictional submarine captained by Nemo featured in Jules Verne's novels ""Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"" (1870) and ""The Mysterious Island"" (1874). Verne named the ""Nautilus"" after Robert Fulton's real-life submarine ""Nautilus"" (1800). For the design of the ""Nautilus"" Verne was inspired by the French Navy submarine ""Plongeur"", a model of which he had seen at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, three years before writing his novel. ""Nautilus"" is described by Verne as ""a masterpiece containing masterpieces"". It is"
"sailors find their bearings when lost at sea. He provides inspiration and guidance whenever an individual needs them in times of turmoil, loss, or indecision. He lives in a glorious palace under the seas. Patron of sailors, sea travelers and pirates. Agwe Arroyo or Agwe Tawoyo / Agwe 'Woyo (""Agwe of the Streams"") is captain of ""Immamou"", the ship that carries the dead to ""Guinee"", the afterlife. He cries salt-water tears for the departed. He assisted the souls of those that suffered crimes against humanity during the trans-atlantic slave trade. Papa Agwe is envisioned as a handsome African man with"
"Dudley Wolfe Dudley Francis Cecil Wolfe (February 6, 1896 – July 30, 1939) was an American racing yacht owner and captain who was the first person to race a sixty-foot yacht across the Atlantic, competing against much larger vessels. He was to inherit a large fortune from his maternal grandfather provided he changed his family name to ""Smith"", to which he agreed before reverting back again. Wolfe became posthumously famous when he died on the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2 in controversial circumstances. Dudley Wolfe was born in New York on February 6, 1896 to Dudley Wolfe and Mabel"
"novel. The two principal characters, ""bluff, hearty Aubrey and reedy, intellectual Maturin"", return for an exciting story with accurate historical depictions. ""Jack's seamanship and heroism are complemented by Stephen's absent-minded brilliance . . . in this swift, witty tale of money and love."" Richard Snow called it a ""self-contained and satisfying story."" Jack Aubrey, now a civilian, prepares the ""Surprise"" to sail as a letter of marque. The loss of his place on the Navy list is the hardest blow. He is stoic, but appears harsh to his new crew. His reputation brings him a full crew, and he takes"
"""Surprise"" to protect British whalers in the Pacific Ocean from USS ""Norfolk"", for his first voyage around Cape Horn. Dr Maturin has not yet identified the high-level spy who got away. Unaware, he sends the letter to his own wife explaining his protection of the Navy wife via that very villain. The Pacific Ocean is full of wonders, and prizes, once the Jonah is off the ship. One review considered this and the previous novel, ""Treason's Harbour"", to be one novel in two volumes. O'Brian ""writes historical novels without the swashbuckling."" Aubrey meets Admiral Ives, now in Gibraltar, who is"