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Tenacious: the hunt for Napoleon’s fleet
Posted on April 23, 2014 21 Comments
The sixth book in the series is TENACIOUS. Kydd is in Halifax enjoying the recognition and favour of his fellow officers when his ship Tenacious is summoned to join Nelson’s taskforce on an urgent reconnaissance mission. One reviewer said of this book: ‘More sea adventures of Thomas Kydd, this time meeting Horatio Nelson and taking […]
BookPick: Lord Nelson’s Swords
Posted on February 24, 2014 5 Comments
[To leave a comment or reply go to box at the end of the page] Regular readers of my blog may recall an earlier post mentioning that Sim Comfort would be bringing out a book on Nelson’s swords. I’ve just heard from Sim that the book will be released mid-March. He’s set up to take […]
BookPick: Britain Against Napoleon
Posted on January 30, 2014 1 Comment
[To leave a comment or reply go to box at the end of the page] I have Roger Knight’s scholarly The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson on my reference shelves and certainly consulted it, along with others, for my book VICTORY. Now he’s come up with a broader work – […]
Historical Fidelity, A Reader’s View
Posted on January 1, 2014 6 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] One of the aspects of writing my Kydd tales that I particularly enjoy is bringing real-life historical personages to life; some have quite large roles, others just cameo appearances. I feel that the […]
Jack Tar
Posted on December 14, 2013 7 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] One of the most familiar icons of British maritime history is Jack Tar, the sailor. We don’t know for sure where the moniker ‘Jack Tar’ come from. The word ‘tar’ as a familiar […]
Cauls, Mary Carleton and the Chatham Chest!
Posted on November 20, 2013 4 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] In our household I’m the hoarder; not only physical artefacts from the past, numerous tins of assorted screws & wires, books & journals – but countless snippets and esoteric facts from the Golden […]
The Immortal Memory
Posted on October 21, 2013 13 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Today is the anniversary of Horatio Nelson’s great victory – and mortal wounding – at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. At the time a sailor in Royal Sovereign wrote to his father […]
BookPick: Nelson, Navy & Nation
Posted on October 19, 2013 3 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] This book celebrates the Royal Navy and the British People 1688-1815. As you can imagine, a subject dear to my heart! With an introduction by N A M Rodger, it looks at the […]
From a reader with many miles under the keel
Posted on August 9, 2013 2 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] I’ve been very touched by the many wonderful messages I’ve received from readers recently, including this from Charles Eanes: ‘I read with interest one critic who called you “a master of Napoleonic-era atmosphere […]
A Sterling Model!
Posted on August 8, 2013 9 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] After seeing my blog on HMS Victory yesterday Mike Softley emailed me some photographs of a very special model he was involved with. Mike takes up the story: ‘Victory was my second home […]
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