A King's Cutter - Softcover

Woodman, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0523419775 ISBN 13: 9780523419770

Publisher: Pinnacle Books, 1984

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Based on the real life career of Royal Navy officer Nathaniel Drinkwater from 1792-1797, this book tells of Lt. Drinkwater's exploits aboard the British 12-gun cutter, "Kestrel". The French Revolution is raging, and the crew must ferry spies and refugees to and from the war-torn nation. With deadly skirmishes against the French Navy leading to the heroic Battle for Camperdown, this is a masterful tale of the age of the great sailing ships--and the battles that would forge a new century.

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About the Author:

As a professional sailor, Richard Woodman has progressed from apprentice to captain in a variety of ships. Along with the Drinkwater series, he has written nautical fiction about tea-clippers and cargo liners and is a member of the Society for Nautical Research. Woodman lives in England, and is considered one of the strongest voices in nautical fiction today.

Review:

Nautical novelist Richard Woodman arrives in New World ports with the first three of 14 installments in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, previously released in the U.K. between 1981 and 1983 and compared by critics there to C. S. Forester's Hornblower saga. Part of the Mariner's Library Fiction Classics, An Eye of the Fleet, A King's Cutter and A Brig of War are set in the late 18th Century and find hero Drinkwater caught up in revolutions on both sides of the Atlantic. Those looking for high seas action and historical intrigue are in luck but these are strictly for devotees of the genre. (Publishers Weekly)

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