Download or read book Ramage the Guillotine written by Dudley Pope and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the English Channel, Napoleon has massed a great invasion flotilla. English forces, under Lord Nelson, are all but paralyzed—not knowing the size, strength, or time of the foreign onslaught. In a brilliant yet daring spy scheme to protect Britain's shores, Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage is chosen to plumb the secrets of the French High Command—and the penalty for failure is the guillotine.
Download or read book Ramage and the guillotine written by Dudley Pope and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ramage and the Guillotine written by Dudley Pope and published by Harvill Secker. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a brilliant yet daring spy scheme to protect Britain's shores, Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage is chosen to plumb the secrets of the French High Command.
Download or read book Ramage and the Guillotine written by Dudley Pope and published by Fontana Press. This book was released on 1988-09 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As France recovers from her bloody Revolution, Napoleon is amassing his armies for the Great Invasion. News in England is sketchy and the Navy must prepare to defend the land from foreign attack. Lieutenant Ramage is chosen to travel to France and embark upon the perilous quest of spying on the great Napoleon. His mission is to determine the strength of the French troops - but his discovery will mean the guillotine
Download or read book Ramage s Prize written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Ramage returns for another highly-charged and thrilling adventure at sea. Instructed with the task of discovering why His Majesty's dispatches keep unaccountably disappearing, Ramage finds himself involved in a situation far beyond his expectations. Based on true events, Ramage's Prize is another gripping story from Dudley Pope.
Download or read book Ramage written by Dudley Pope and published by McBooks Press. This book was released on 2025-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a daring foray, under the very nose of the French Mediterranean fleet, Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage is to sail his tiny cutter close in to the Italian shore and rescue a party of stranded aristocrats from Napoleon's fast-advancing army.
Download or read book In Gallant Company written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. Against a growing fleet of American and French privateers, the navy must maintain its blockade of Washington's vital military supplies. Caught up in the turmoil, junior officer Richard Bolitho finds himself having to make momentous decisions in the heat of battle—decisions that could affect the lives of many men and, perhaps, even the fate of nations.
Download or read book Stand Into Danger written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1774, Richard Bolitho is a newly appointed Third Lieutenant, joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny. Dispatched on a secret mission, Destiny and her company face the hazards of conspiracy, treason, and piracy. It is amidst the broadside battles and clashes of swords that Bolitho learns to accept his new responsibilities as a King's officer.
Download or read book A Ship of War written by Sean Thomas Russell and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Ship of War is a stunning new maritime adventure from Top Ten bestselling author Sean Thomas Russell, following the great success of A Battle Won and Under Enemy Colours. For fans of Bernard Cornwell and Patrick O'Brian, A Ship of War is the third instalment in the electrifying historical series of Charles Hayden and the Themis. 'Hayden kept his eye fixed upon the chasing ship...The screech of an iron ball passed narrowly by. There was no room now for error' 1794. As the terror rages in France, Captain Charles Hayden leaves Plymouth with orders to gather intelligence from a spy off the Le Havre coast. But the enemy lies in wait. In the foulest of weather, Hayden's seamanship is tested to the limit and a terrifying cat and mouse chase begins. Faced with a powerful French squadron Hayden knows he must elude capture at any cost. In his possession are details of an imminent attack on British soil which must be delivered before all is lost.Ahead lie shipwrecks, storms, battles and dramatic escapes - and at the centre of it all, the courage and heroism of a lone captain . . . A Ship of War is the brilliant third tale in the epic maritime adventures of Charles Hayden. A masterpiece already rivalling the stories of Bernard Cornwell and Patrick O'Brian. Praise for Sean Thomas Russell: 'An unqualified seal of approval. This is gloriously readable stuff.' The Bookseller 'Russell's encyclopaedic command of nautical lore, joined to his rare ability to spin a ripping yarn, combine to place the reader right in the middle of the action, of which there is plenty.' Neal Stephenson (author) 'Well-written, plenty of adventure . . . places the reader in the midst of the action of battle.' Marine Society Sean Thomas Russell is a lifelong sailor whose passion for the sea - and his love of nautical history - inspired the adventures of Charles Hayden. A Ship of War follows bestsellers A Battle Won and Under Enemy Colours. Sean lives on Vancouver Island.
Download or read book Ramage s Diamond written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-24 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly promoted to be the youngest Captain in the Royal Navy, in 1804 Ramage is despatched to blockade the French in Martinique. The passage proves difficult. Then, Diamond Rock appears fortified and a French convoy has to be dealt with. The story emulates the real life exploits of Commodore Samuel Hood RN.
Download or read book Ramage And The Freebooters written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-16 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Lord Ramage is given command of the Triton brig and ordered to deliver three sealed dispatches to admirals in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, he is also given command of a mutinous crew. This is the third novel in the 'Ramage' series and captures all the seafaring adventure of Nelson's Caribbean.
Download or read book So Near So Far written by C. Northcote Parkinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Delancey is soon called into action once more, as Britain prepares for the threat of a new French assault. Disturbing rumors are circulating about Napoleon's new weapons of war: vessels driven by steam-engines, new explosive devices, and, most troubling of all, a French secret weapon named Nautilus, which can travel underwater and attach explosive devices below the waterline. It will take all of Delancey's skill and courage to confront the threats.
Download or read book Ramage And The Renegades written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Treaty of Amiens is signed and Nelson's navy languishes in port. Ramage is at home on half pay and suspects Napoleon will yet break the terms of the Treaty. He is then given secret Admiralty orders to survey a small island off the coast of Brazil. He sails in Calypso, but then encounters more danger than in previous exploits.
Download or read book Ramage written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1796 - sea battles raging and an attack from the French has left third-lieutenant Ramage the sole officer in charge of his frigate. With orders from Nelson to be obeyed young Ramage must rise to the challenge. This thrilling adventure is the first in Dudley Pope's popular and much-loved Ramage series.
Download or read book Ramage And The Dido written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recognition of his great achievements at sea, their Lordships of the Admiralty have made Lord Nicholas Ramage captain of a ship of the line - the youngest man to be so honoured since Nelson himself. And so Ramage sets sail on the Dido, a formidable fighting weapon and the most prized war machine of the British Navy.
Download or read book The Marquis of Carabas written by Raphael Sabatini and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2008-01-11 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is rife with impoverished French nobility who have escaped the horror of the French revolution. Quentin de Morlaix, sympathetic to these disenfranchised aristocrats, finds that he too has his own personal reasons to pray for an end to the Revolution. He sets off for France, and enters a life of confusion, mystery, and bloody execution.
Download or read book Ramage And The Saracens written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Ramage sails to Naples in the frigate Calypso. It is not long after Trafalgar and the last thing he expects is an encounter with two French ships of the line. Adventure follows, as it does when he finally arrives in Naples and is ordered to sail to Sicily where the Saraceni - Barbary Coast pirates - have been attacking the local ports.
