Narrates the real-life high-seas adventures of the officers and crew of the early eighteenth-century privateer Speedwell, which set sail in 1718 under the command of George Shelvocke, in an action-packed saga of sea battles, piracy, mutiny, shipwrecks, and storms. Reprint.
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About the Author:
Kenneth Poolman, a World War II veteran of the Royal Navy, served on a light carrier, a minesweeper, and a destroyer. When he returned to civilian life he attended Cambridge University and eventually worked for the BBC as a writer and producer of documentaries for radio and as a script editor for television. A resident of Surrey, England, he has published 24 books, mostly on sea-air warfare in World War II, including The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1945, HMS Kelly, Scourge of the Atlantic, and The Sea Hunters.
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- PublisherBerkley Trade
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0425174387
- ISBN 13 9780425174388
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages180
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