In 1809, working undercover for the Admiralty's Secret Department, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater goes ashore and mingles with the dregs of London's dockland. Disguised as a Merchant Marine shipmaster of low character, he encounters a known French...
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It is 1814 and Napoleon has abdicated as Emperor of the French. King Louis XVIII is brought out of his English exile and escorted back to France by an Allied squadron commanded by the Duke of Clarence. The 'Great War' is at an end and Europe...
It is 1843 and Captain Nathaniel Sir Drinkwater embarks on the paddle-steamer Vestal for an inspection of lighthouses on the west coast of England. Bowed with age and honors, the old sea officer has been drawn from retirement on half-pay to...
In the aftermath of a typhoon, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater brings His Britannic Majesty's frigate Patrician into the shelter of the Pearl River on the China coast. Seeking the means to refit, he is unwittingly entangled in bizarre events...
Небольшая повесть Ричарда Вудмена «Пирамидальная скала» входит в цикл романов «Сага о Натаниэле Дринкуотере». Время действия повести...
Вторая книга серии "Сага о Натаниэле Дринкуотере". Натаниэль получил лейтенантский патент и был назначен на вооруженный куттер...
События, о которых идет речь в этом рассказе, написанном в 2001 году специально для сборника “The Mammoth Book of Sea Battles”, происходят в августе 1801...
Octubre de 1779. Nathaniel Drinkwater ingresa a sus catorce años en la Armada Real británica como guardiamarina. Su primer destino será la fragata Cyclops, de treinta y seis cañones. A partir de ese momento su vida dará un...
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Cold War Command: The Dramatic Story of a Nuclear Submariner
The part played in the Cold War by the Royal Navy’s submarines still retains a great degree of mystery and, in the traditions of the ‘Silent Service,’ remains largely shrouded in secrecy. Cold War Command brings us as close as is possible to...