Angus MacDuff Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I read a lot in the other threads about Jack Aubrey and Richard Bolitho. Hornblower gets some love as well, but nobody references Alan Lewrie. This is a series of 19(?) books starting with him as a Midshipman and for me, the best (bar none) naval adventure series. It has a blend of racy humour and highly technical sailing/combat that should appeal to every player of this game and the Devs should be using it as a text!. For all of you who have not experienced this series, I suggest you start immediately. The first book is "The Kings Coat", written by Dewie Lambden. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanjo Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I shall give them a go...cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 https://www.goodreads.com/series/40954-alan-lewrie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thonys Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) i have read some books from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Monsarrat The master mariner His final work, unfinished at the time of his death but published in its incomplete form, was a two-volume historical novel titled The Master Mariner. Based on the legend of the Wandering Jew, it told the story of an Elizabethan English seaman who, as punishment for a terrible act of cowardice, is doomed to sail the world's seas until the end of time. His hero participates in critical moments in history; Monsarrat used him to illustrate the central role of seamen in dutch it is called : eeuwig roept de horizon it was a very interesting read and more to the story of naval action than you can imagine https://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Monsarrat/e/B000AP98C6 all his work: https://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Monsarrat/e/B000AP98C6 also one of my favorit writers and also a good writer i think is : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Reeman Reeman's debut novel, A Prayer for the Ship, was published in 1958. Reeman is most famous for his series of Napoleonic naval stories, whose central character is Richard Bolitho, and, later, his nephew, Adam Bolitho. Reeman also wrote a series of novels about several generations of the fictional Blackwood family who served in the Royal Marines from the 1850s to the 1970s, and a non-fiction account of his own Second World War experiences, D-Day: A Personal Reminiscence (1984). He used the pseudonym Alexander Kent (the real name of friend and naval officer who died during the Second World War) for his Bolitho novels and his real name for his other novels and non-fiction. Edited June 11, 2018 by Thonys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpt Lautenschlaeger Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 This is a bit before our period, but I really enjoyed J.D. Davies's books on Cpt Matthew Quinton, set in Restoration England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus MacDuff Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 10 hours ago, Thonys said: i have read some books from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Monsarrat The master mariner His final work, unfinished at the time of his death but published in its incomplete form, was a two-volume historical novel titled The Master Mariner. Based on the legend of the Wandering Jew, it told the story of an Elizabethan English seaman who, as punishment for a terrible act of cowardice, is doomed to sail the world's seas until the end of time. His hero participates in critical moments in history; Monsarrat used him to illustrate the central role of seamen in dutch it is called : eeuwig roept de horizon it was a very interesting read and more to the story of naval action than you can imagine https://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Monsarrat/e/B000AP98C6 all his work: https://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Monsarrat/e/B000AP98C6 also one of my favorit writers and also a good writer i think is : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Reeman Reeman's debut novel, A Prayer for the Ship, was published in 1958. Reeman is most famous for his series of Napoleonic naval stories, whose central character is Richard Bolitho, and, later, his nephew, Adam Bolitho. Reeman also wrote a series of novels about several generations of the fictional Blackwood family who served in the Royal Marines from the 1850s to the 1970s, and a non-fiction account of his own Second World War experiences, D-Day: A Personal Reminiscence (1984). He used the pseudonym Alexander Kent (the real name of friend and naval officer who died during the Second World War) for his Bolitho novels and his real name for his other novels and non-fiction. There were only 3 of the Blackwood novels, right? I remember wishing for more 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thonys Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Oberon74 said: There were only 3 of the Blackwood novels, right? I remember wishing for more https://www.amazon.com/Blackwood-Family-5-Book-Series/dp/B00W6SC5GG it seems there are 5 of them Edited June 12, 2018 by Thonys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure https://www.amazon.com/Darker-Sea-Master-Commandant-Adventure/dp/0399171118/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0/135-5329619-0586750?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RS5CVB45YK649FTJBKS1 https://www.amazon.com/Shores-Tripoli-Lieutenant-Barbary-Adventure/dp/0425278174/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0425278174&pd_rd_r=2FCJFA7GB9VZW0S5GZ0W&pd_rd_w=UKRgH&pd_rd_wg=BDv8G&psc=1&refRID=2FCJFA7GB9VZW0S5GZ0W https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Point-James-Glickman/dp/1945572426/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1945572426&pd_rd_r=J2S4R1E3EV924YWGWTPK&pd_rd_w=ZtR92&pd_rd_wg=Y2hQL&psc=1&refRID=J2S4R1E3EV924YWGWTPK Edited June 12, 2018 by Wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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