The Shadow of the Eagle: #13 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel (Volume 13) (Nathaniel Drinkwater Novels, 13) - Softcover

Woodman, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574091034 ISBN 13: 9781574091038

Publisher: Sheridan House, 2002

Synopsis

It is 1814 and Napoleon has abdicated as Emperor of the French. King Louis XVIII is brought out of his English exile and escorted back to France by an Allied squadron commanded by the Duke of Clarence. The ‘Great War’ is at en end and Europe prepares to celebrate the return of legitimate monarchy.
But the victorious Allies are increasingly suspicious of one another. Alexander I, the capricious Tsar of Russia, believes he is the savior of the world, while Great Britain whose sea-power has guaranteed victory at sea and contributed to the military success of Russia, Austria and Prussia, remains at war with the United States of America. Out of the ashes of defeat, France’s greatest survivor, Talleyrand, prepares to restore his beaten country to the forefront of European politics. Amid this upheaval, discontented Bonapartists plot to restore the eagle whose shadow still lies across the continent.
Attending King Louis, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is alarmed to receive secret intelligence that a new and imminent threat exists to peace.

About this title

From the Publisher:

*The 13th of the Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater novels, preceding Ebb Tide, the last novel in the series.

*The series is now well established and the number of Drinkwater fans keeps growing with each new book.

*High level of current interest in Hornblower/Patrick O'Brian type sea adventure novels as evident by articles in PW, USA Today etc.

About the Author:

Captain Richard Martin Woodman retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical caree. Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater e series is often compared to the work of the late Patrick O'Brian. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, such as C.S. Forester or O'Brian, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and has spent eleven years in command. His experience ranges from cargo-liners to ocean weather ships and specialist support vessels as well as yachts, square-riggers, and trawlers. Said Lloyd's List of his work: "As always, Richard Woodman's story is closely based on actual historical events All this we have come to expect --and he adds that special ambience of colourful credibility which makes his nautical novels such rattling good reads."

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1574091034
• ISBN 13: 9781574091038
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270