The Royal Navy of the Napoleonic Era, based on the historical novels set in this period, seems to have been as full of infighting, nepotism, and promotion of sycophantic underlings as the average U.S. corporation in this era of M.B.A. proliferation. As noted in my synopsis of A King's Cutter, the...
I admit that reading adventures during the Age of Fighting Sail is a guilty pleasure of mine. I have read several authors in this genre but Richard Woodman seems rather unique. While his adventures are as entertaining as those of any of the best he does something no other has done. His hero, N...
I enjoyed this quite a bit. Been wanting to read a similar series after finishing O'Brian and this filled the need. A fourteen book series by Richard Woodman and in this book we are introduced to his character Nathaniel Drinkwater. It's October 1779 and Daniel is a young midshipman on HMS Cyclops...
