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Bezig met laden... Victory at Sebastopol (The Phillip Hazard Novels) (1973)door V. A. Stuart
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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. Hazard participates in a "Forlorn Hope", the last effort to take the Redan. The Russian leave soon after and the Crimean War ends the way it began with much bloodshed, futile battles and no resolution. But victory is proclaimed and all but the dead go home. V.A. Stuart again successfully integrates the facts with a good story line. ( ) The sixth in the eight volume Philip Hazzard series. Set during the Crimean winter of 1854/55 and the events leading up to the attack on Kertch and Yenikale, preparatory to the forced entry to the Sea of Azoff. Hazards task is to sound and bouy the channel of the Cheska Bank. The following paragraphs are common to all 8 reviews I have posted for this series. The novel is presented as Naval in nature; and the series as a successor to Hornblower. The action however, is mostly restricted to land operations, using the Naval volunteer brigade as the mechanism to relocate Hazzard to the centre of action. Navies of the world were at this point in history in transition from sail to steam. Remnants from the age of sail mixed with steam paddle and steam screw ships. It would have been interesting to gain some insight on this transition, but I was disappointed at the perfunctory (almost non-existent) nature of any such exposition. Typical of the novels in this genre, the story contains an estranged romance and a villainous superior. The romance intrudes less on the narrative flow than does the villain. Indeed, the romance provides leverage for the story line's progress, whereas the villain intrudes unnecessarily. The strength of the novel is in the meticulous historical detail presented: the editions I have read go so far as to present a detailed bibliography of the books consulted, coupled with historical notes. Copies of campaigns maps are also included as an appendix. I suppose it is not surprising that this should be so given that V A Stuart was something of a Historian, and supposedly an acknowledged expert of this period in British History. What did surprise me was that under other pseudonyms, Stuart was the author of many romance novels, and was one of the founders of the Romance Novelist Association. Stuart's expertise in Military matters should not to be under-estimated. Her service in WWII (Burma, India and Australia) has provided a sound foundation for her work as a "military" , if not a particularly "naval" novelist. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Phillip Horatio Hazard (book 6)
Spring 1855, the height of the Crimean War, and the siege of the Russian city of Sebastopol continues. In a desperate attempt to cut the Russians' supply line at the Sea of Azoff, the Allies commit 15,000 troops, five batteries of artillery, and virtually every ship of their Black Sea fleets. Commander Phillip Hazard and HMS Huntress undertake the crucial mission of marking a new channel for the Allies' attack under the formidable shore batteries guarding the Straight of Yenikale. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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