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Dead Reckoning (#6) by C. Northcote Parkinson, --Parkinson keeps Dead Reckoning, the final book of the Richard Delancey series, coiled tight with suspense. Aboard the aging frigate Laura, Captain Delancey heads for the exotic East Indies, where he must find and destroy a French privateer, while seeking to carry out a more personal vengeance against a sadistic enemy agent.
--P, Book Number B01169. List price $15.95, your price $13.55
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Devil to pay (#2) by C. Northcote Parkinson, --A lieutenant's rank belying his undistinguished naval career, Richard Delancy finds that his fluency in French lands him a secret mission, but to his chagrin, it goes awry. Casting about for fresh opportunity, Delancy becomes involved in customs collection on the Isle of Wight and thwarting the high-stakes activities of smugglers. His success lands him in command of a private man-of-war, the 22-gun Nemesis , to embark on further adventures. --P, Book Number B01039. List price $13.95, your price $11.85
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Fireship; The (#3) by C. Northcote Parkinson, --The Nore and Spithead mutinies intervene to upset the course of Delancey's career. His original legal defense in the court martial of a fellow officer accused of murder is successful, but he falls afoul of the naval establishment and is passed over in the general promotion after Camperdown. Mollified by appointment to command a curiously antiquated vessel-the fireship Spitfire-Delancey uses this unlikely opportunity to best effect, securing the promotion he was denied.
--P, Book Number B01168. List price $13.95, your price $11.85
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Guernseyman; The (#1) by C. Northcote Parkinson, --Recounts the earliest adventures of Parkinson's hero, Richard Delancy. Inadvertently embroiled in Liverpool labor riots, Delancy sidesteps punishment by "volunteering" for the Navy. Ranked as a midshipman, he is no sooner abroad than his ship sails for the port of New York, where he meets Charlotte, his attractive cousin. When the events of the American Revolution and the ongoing hostilities between England and France send him back across the sea, Delancey finds himself instrumental in defending the isle of Jersey and, later, the Rock of Gibralter. --P, Book Number B01015. List price $13.95, your price $11.85
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So Near So Far (#5) by C. Northcote Parkinson, --After the short-lived Peace of Amiens, Richard Delancey is again called to duty. Napoleon is planning to invade England. Rumors circulate of vessels driven by steam engines, of new explosive devices, and-most perplexing and sinister-a warcraft capable of traveling underwater. It will take all of Delancey's skill and courage to confront the threat. --P, Book Number B01166. List price $13.95, your price $11.85
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Touch and Go (#4) by C. Northcote Parkinson, --With his Royal Navy commission in hand, Richard Delancey is posted to Gibraltar to command the sloop Merlin for convoy protection in the Mediterranean. He quickly proves his mettle during the siege of Valletta and during battles at Algerciras and Cadiz. At Cadiz, Delancey hears of a rich prize for the taking, but it is touch and go whether he will make the capture in time. --P, Book Number B01167. List price $13.95, your price $11.85
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