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 and the Renegades written by Dudley Pope and published by Harvill Secker. This book was released on 1981 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nelson's crews are standing down and Ramage is on leave when he receives secret Admiralty orders to inspect the small island of Trinidade off the coast of Brazil. Reaching the island, Ramage and the crew of the Calypso fetch up in a battle to free several captive merchant ships-- and a beautiful woman passenger-- as they cross swords with blood-thirsty priates.
Download or read book Ramage the Rebels written by Dudley Pope and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Setting off on a sweep for freebooters in the waters off Jamaica, Ramage and the crew of the Calypso stumble upon a scene of carnage: a sinking British ship, her crew and passengers—men and women alike—ruthlessly murdered at the hands of a French privateer. Supported by his men in a thirst for righteous vengeance, Ramage ferrets out the brigand's name and sets sail to bring him in.
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 281 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.
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 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 s Mutiny written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mutiny and rebellion are rife on board a British ship in the Caribbean. A young British naval officer is chosen to rescue the ship from its Spanish captors - yet this means almost certain death. Lord Ramage soon learns he must resort to almost any means. Will his skill prove a match for the strength of the Spanish attack?
Download or read book Cabo Trafalgar in the Moonlight written by Kay Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kay Pope goes beyond a simple description of life as wife and confidant of a famous author sailor, and captures the atmosphere and idiosyncrasies of the places they visited and lived, along with the humanity of the people who crossed their paths. A gripping tale from a ‘first mate’ whose powers of observation and description will delight.
Download or read book Admiral written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles II returns from exile bringing with him unease to the Spanish Main. Ned Yorke, the leader and hero of the swashbuckling band of buccaneers are depended upon for the defence of Jamaica. Daring raids on the Spanish seem inevitable, as Yorke sets out on the high seas to distant adventures on behalf of the King and his own honour.
Download or read book Corsair written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1660's Jamaica was an uneasy island, occupied by Spain but settled by the English and French. When Admiral of the Brethren, Ned Yorke, a brave, loyal Buccaneer, learns that Spain is mounting a Caribbean fleet perhaps to protect the treasures of Spanish ships, or carry an army to Jamaica, he vows to find out the truth.
Download or read book Galleon written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England is at peace with the restoration of Charles II, but in Jamaica all is not well. Though there is peace with Spain, there is No Peace ‘Beyond the Line’. Ned Yorke, Admiral of the Brethren and leader of the Buccaneers will not kowtow to the new Governor who is bent on weakening the Island's defences and destroying its currency.
Download or read book Decoy written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is February 1942 and the war in the Atlantic looks grim for the Allied convoys. The 'Great Blackout' has started, leaving the spy centre of Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire at a loss as to what the Nazis are planning. Winning the Battle of the Atlantic will surely give Hitler a final victory. And who can stop him?
Download or read book Convoy written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deadly game of cat and mouse unravels its way out of this spine tingling war story as Lieutenant Yorke must find an answer to one vital question: how are German U-Boats sinking merchant ships from inside the convoys? Only his wit and daring can lead to its survival and his.
Download or read book Ramage At Trafalgar written by Dudley Pope and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Ramage returns to fight in the most famous of Britain's sea battles. Summoned by Admiral Nelson himself, Ramage is sent to join the British fleet off Cadiz. Finding himself in the front line of battle, Lord Ramage must fight to save his own life as well as for his country.
Download or read book The Seaforth Bibliography written by Eugene Rasor and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-04-17 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable work is a comprehensive historiographical and bibliographical survey of the most important scholarly and printed materials about the naval and maritime history of England and Great Britain from the earliest times to 1815. More than 4,000 popular, standard and official histories, important articles in journals and periodicals, anthologies, conference, symposium and seminar papers, guides, documents and doctoral theses are covered so that the emphasis is the broadest possible. But the work is far, far more than a listing. The works are all evaluated, assessed and analysed and then integrated into an historical narrative that makes the book a hugely useful reference work for student, scholar, and enthusiast alike. It is divided into twenty-one chapters which cover resource centres, significant naval writers, pre-eminent and general histories, the chronological periods from Julius Caesar through the Vikings, Tudors and Stuarts to Nelson and Bligh, major naval personalities, warships, piracy, strategy and tactics, exploration, discovery and navigation, archaeology and even naval fiction. Quite simply, no-one with an interest and enthusiasm for naval history can afford to be without this book at their side.
Download or read book English British Naval History to 1815 written by Eugene L. Rasor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-10-30 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English/British have always been known as the sailor race with hearts of oak: the Royal Navy as the Senior Service and First Line of Defense. It facilitated the motto: The sun never set on the British Empire. The Royal Navy has exerted a powerful influence on Great Britain, its Empire, Europe, and, ultimately, the world. This superior annotated bibliography supplies entries that explore the influence of the English/British Navy through its history. This survey will provide a major reference guide for students and scholars at all levels. It incorporates evaluative, qualitative, and critical analysis processes, the essence of historical scholarship. Each one of the 4,124 annotated entries is evaluated, assessed, analyzed, integrated, and incorporated into the historiographical scholarship.
Download or read book Ramage the Dido written by Dudley Pope and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramage is hoping to enjoy a well-deserved leave when he instead receives new orders: commission and take command of the Dido, a massive 74-gun ship that carries enough weight of metal to destroy a frigate in a single broadside or sweep a ship's decks clear of men. Accompanied by the courageous crew of the Calypso, Ramage ventures to sea once again—bound for the West Indies, where he faces the challenge of commanding this massive weapon of war.
