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Richard Woodman

Auteur van An Eye of the Fleet

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Richard Woodman was born in London. England in 1944. He became an indentured midshipman in cargo liners at the age of 16, which resulted in a 37 year nautical career. He became captain in 1980. He spent 11 years in command at sea, 6 years in operational management ashore, and is currently a Board toon meer Member of Trinity House, the authority responsible for navigational safety round the coast. He is a regular correspondent for the shipping newspaper Lloyd's List. He has written over 50 books, a mixture of fiction and maritime history. His fiction works include the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, A Kit Faulkner Naval Adventure series, and The William Kite Trilogy. He received several awards including the Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award in 2001 for his journalism, the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal in 2005 for three major studies of convoy operations in the Second World War, and the Marine Society's Thomas Gray Medal in 2010 for his five-volume history of the British Merchant Navy. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Richard Woodman

An Eye of the Fleet (1981) 154 exemplaren
A King's Cutter (1982) 115 exemplaren
A Brig of War (1983) 113 exemplaren
A Brief History of Mutiny (2005) 101 exemplaren
The Sea Warriors (2001) 96 exemplaren
The Bomb Vessel (1984) 88 exemplaren
1805 (1985) 88 exemplaren
Baltic Mission (1986) 87 exemplaren
The Corvette (1985) 83 exemplaren
A Private Revenge (1989) 77 exemplaren
In Distant Waters (1988) 76 exemplaren
Under False Colours (1991) 64 exemplaren
The Flying Squadron (1992) 61 exemplaren
Ebb Tide (1998) 58 exemplaren
Beneath the Aurora (1995) 55 exemplaren
The Shadow of the Eagle (1997) 50 exemplaren
The Real Cruel Sea (2004) 50 exemplaren
Arctic Convoys 1941-1945 (1994) 41 exemplaren
Malta Convoys, 1940-1943 (2000) 38 exemplaren
Wager (1991) 31 exemplaren
The Guineaman (2000) 19 exemplaren
Distant Gunfire (2003) 18 exemplaren
The Privateersman (Kite) (1644) 16 exemplaren
The Blaze of Glory (2001) 15 exemplaren
Under Sail (1998) 14 exemplaren
The Lighthouses of Trinity House (2002) 14 exemplaren
The Captain and Commissioner (1997) 11 exemplaren
The Guineaman & The Privateersman (2001) 10 exemplaren
View from the Sea (1985) 10 exemplaren
Waterfront (1996) 7 exemplaren
Arctic Treachery (1987) 6 exemplaren
The Ice Mask (2003) 6 exemplaren
The Knight Banneret (2018) 4 exemplaren
The Antigone (1997) 4 exemplaren
Blue Funnel: Voyage East (2002) 4 exemplaren
Dead Man Talking (2002) 3 exemplaren
Navio Del Rey,El (Histórica) (2008) 3 exemplaren
Captain Of The Caryatid (1997) 3 exemplaren
Decision at Trafalgar (1987) 3 exemplaren
The Judgement of his Peers (2020) 2 exemplaren
Cañones de guerra (Histórica) (2012) 2 exemplaren
Act of Terror (1996) 2 exemplaren
Satan der See. (1998) 2 exemplaren
Sword of State: The Tempering (2016) 2 exemplaren
Die Kollision. (1997) 2 exemplaren
Night Attack 1 exemplaar
Nathaniel Drinkwater Set (1988) 1 exemplaar
The rising gale (2014) 1 exemplaar
The Accident 1 exemplaar
Keepers of the Sea (2005) 1 exemplaar
Sword of State: The Wielding (2016) 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum
1944
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Geboorteplaats
London, England, UK
Beroepen
Naval historian
novelist
Organisaties
Trinity House

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Set in the early 1900s, this is the story of James Dunbar who goes to sea in search of romantic adventure. In Puerto San Martin, he falls in love with a waterfront prostitute and seeks to rescue her from the Hotel Paradiso. But he is up against the ship's captain who wants the girl for his wife.
 
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The 14th and final Drinkwater novel. It is 1843, and Captain Sir Nathaniel Drinkwater, bowed with age and honours, embarks on the paddle-steamer "Vestal" for an inspection of lighthouses on the west coast of England. The next day tragedy strikes, and Drinkwater is confronted with his past life.
 
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The 13th Nathaniel Drinkwater novel. It is 1814 and Napoleon has abdicated. The "Great War" is over, Louis XVIII is brought out of exile, and Europe prepares to celebrate the return to legitimate monarchy - or so it seems. Captain Drinkwater receives alarming information of a threat to the peace.
 
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The 12th in the "Nathaniel Drinkwater" series. As Napoleon's army faces defeat on the battlefields of Germany, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater succeeds Lord Dungarth as head of the Royal Navy's Secret Department. Before long he is caught up in intrigue and the most desperate mission of his career
 
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Werken
93
Ook door
3
Leden
2,165
Populariteit
#11,865
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
55
ISBNs
347
Talen
5
Favoriet
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