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Nathaniel Drinkwater's life at sea begins with the HMS
Cyclops' capture of the
Santa Teresa during Admiral Rodney's dramatic Moonlight Battle of 1780. Subsequently, Drinkwater's courage and initiative are put to the test as the
Cyclops pursues American privateers threatening British trade and is later dispatched to the swamps of South Carolina, where many lives are lost both at sea and ashore.
Gradually, Drinkwater matures into a capable and self-assured sailor. As he contends with enemy forces, the tyranny of the
Cyclops' midshipmen, and the stark contrast between the comfort of home life and the brutality of naval service, he finds strength and sustenance in the love of his beloved Elizabeth.
Table des matières
1. The Greenhorn
2. The Danish Brig
3. The Moonlight Battle
4. The Spanish Frigate
5. The Evil that Men do...
6. Prize Money
7. The Duel
8. The Capture of the
Algonquin9. A Turning of Tables
10. Elizabeth
11. Interlude
12. A Change of Orders
13. The Action with
La Creole14. The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men...
15. ...Oft Times go Astray...
16. The Cutting Out
17. Decision at the Virginia Capes
A propos de l'auteur
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."
