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Bezig met laden... The Mutiny Rundoor Frank Eccles
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Well written, although I felt the style changed slightly after the first few chapters, almost as if the writer was finding his voice. ( ) For the most part, I don't enjoy reading about mutinies. I find very little appeal in heartbreaking situations where everyone is right and everyone loses. In The Mutiny Run (1994), Frank Eccles does a fine job of building naval adventure around the fleet mutinies of 1797 without unduly involving the reader in the mutinies themselves. HMS Adamant (54), with Midshipman John Lawson aboard, is dispatched from Liverpool to blockade singlehandedly the French invasion fleet in Brest while the channel fleet is tied up with the Spithead mutiny. Lawson acquits himself well in action. After the fleet returns, Lawson finds himself in the North Sea whence he returns to the mouth of the Thames in time to witness the crumbling of the Nore Mutiny and the demise of Richard Parker, a former shipmate. Much of the background drama revolves our Adamant's Captain Brewster, a sympathetic old shellback whom the crew adores, but who comes into conflict with some of his officers. They, you may not be surprised to read, are cowardly and supercilious aristos with a great deal of influence in the Navy and the Admiralty. Eccles spins an engaging yarn with plenty of well-written action. He clearly has a great deal of sympathy for his characters and does a fine job of presenting both officers and crew as human beings with feelings and foibles. Lawson, for instance, has several occasions to chide himself for poor seamanship as he narrowly avoids disaster in small craft. Eccles' other work of historic naval fiction, The Barbary Run, was published considerably earlier (1971), but takes place later, featuring Captain Lawson. I will read it as soon as I can get my hands on it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Against the background of the mutiny at Spithead and the war with revolutionary France, this action novel evokes life on a Royal Navy ship at a time of extreme crisis. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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