Richard Woodman

Private Revenge (eBook, ePUB)

A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the aftermath of a typhoon, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater brings his Britannic Majesty's frigate Patrician into the shelter of the Pearl River upon the China Coast. He is entangled in bizarre events following the British occupation of Macao and Admiral Drury's attack on Canton. Initially relieved to be assigned the duty of a convoy escort to Penang, Drinkwater discovers that the enemy's cargo contains a mysterious quantity of silver and a single passenger. A routine task is suddenly complicated by the resurrection of an embittered hatred and Captain Drinkwater finds himself drawn in by treachery and greed towards a climatic rendezvous in the tropical rain forest of Borneo.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493071463
• Artikelnr.: 72420867

Autorenporträt

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."

Inhaltsangabe

A Private Revenge: Contents PART ONE: THE DAMOCLEAN SWORD The Typhoon 1 The
Brig 2 New Orders 3 Whampoa 4 The Dragon's Roar 5 The Matter of Morale 6
The Concerns of a Convoy 7 Morris 8 Fair Winds and Foul Tempers 9
Infirmities of Character 10 A Small Victory 11 Blood and Rain PART TWO:
NEMESIS 12 A Council of War 13 A Round Robin 14 The Winds of Fortune 15 The
Bronze-bound Chests 16 Blow-pipe Creek 17 The Gates of the Fortress 18
Pursuit PART THREE: A PRIVATE REVENGE 19 The Tripod 20 A Forlorn Hope 21 A
Private Revenge 22 Penang Author's Note