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1805 by Richard Woodman,
--1985 [6] (DECISION AT TRAFALGAR in the US. Drinkwater as Captain of the frigate ANTIGONE brings about the battle of Trafalgar. 1805.) In the summer of 1804, Napoleon amasses a vast army to invade England. At sea, his powerful Combined Fleet prepares to meet Admiral Nelson's British Fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar, an infamous conflict recognized in the annals of naval history as second in destructiveness only to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater, newly-appointed commander of the frigate ANTIGONE, is preparing for battle off the French coast as part of Admiral Nelson's blockade. As the two fleets draw toward their fateful confrontation, Drinkwater suddenly finds himself a prisoner of the French, and seems likely to witness the battle from the orlop of an enemy ship.
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Baltic Mission by Richard Woodman,
--[7] The frigate HMS Antigone is ordered to the Baltic in the spring of 1807 as Napoleon's grip has begun to reach across Europe to the borders of Holy Russia. Threatened by the seething discontent of his crew, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is faced with the challenges brought about by military disaster and diplomatic intrigue. When a coded message is intercepted, his mission suddenly becomes a personal one of extreme danger. By the spring of 1807, Napoleon's power extends across Europe to Russia. As countries collapse under the weight of French domination, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater and his frigate, the HMS ANTIGONE, are ordered to the Baltic. There Drinkwater confronts military disaster and diplomatic intrigue while contending with the seething discontent of his increasingly restless crew.
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Beneath The Aurora by Richard Woodman,
--1995 [12] Drinkwater, now head of the RN's Secret department, goes on secret mission to Scandinavia in 1813. Woodman used the name of his own boat for Drinkwater's frigate. In the year 1813, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater succeeds Lord Dungarth as head of the Royal Navy's Secret Department. As the Grand Army of Napoleon braces for defeat on the battlefields of Germany, a secret American treaty is discovered, leading Drinkwater ultimately into the forbidding fjords of Norway and one of the most desperate missions of his career. Increasingly isolated and emotionally scarred by the long war with France and her allies, Drinkwater pursues a personal odyssey against daunting opposition. The activities of one of Napoleon's most charismatic marshals - involving American privateers, escaped prisoners, and the Danish Navy - result in a violent confrontation that plays out beneath the aurora.
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Bomb Vessel by Richard Woodman,
--[4] Young Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater commands the old Virago sent as a cargo ship to the Baltic. His attempts to turn her into a fighting ship must deal with Nelson. Amid gales, ice, and the approach of Sir Hyde Parker's fleet, Drinkwater strives to save his ship and brother. In the spring of 1801, as Napoleon achieves supreme power in France and allies himself with Tsar Paul of Russia, a young Nathaniel Drinkwater takes command of an old ship, the VIRAGO, bound for the Baltic as a cargo vessel. He intends to restore the VIRAGO to its former fighting glory, but that ambition is thwarted by Lord Nelson. Meanwhile, Drinkwater's brother appeals for help in his desperate attempt to escape the gallows, bringing the VIRAGO into the destructive path of Sir Hyde Parker's fleet as it approaches the Danish coast. Amid gales and ice, Drinkwater strives to save both his brother and his ship as the Battle of Copenhagen begins...
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Brig of War; A by Richard Woodman,
--[3] Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig HELLEBORE. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends HELLEBORE to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to the British squadron there. However, Nelson's apprehensions over French ambitions in the East are more than justified. Edouard Santhonax, Drinkwater's old enemy, is already preparing for a French descent on India.The hunt for this elusive Frenchman and his frigate is combined with British naval operations on the flank of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. It is during the attack on Kosseir that Drinkwater is left for dead. His escape and the subsequent desperate attack on Santhonax leads to a still more dangerous situation under Augustus Morris, former tyrant of the midshipmen's berth on HMS CYCLOPS. Drinkwater's fight to bring a half-armed ship safely to the Cape of Good Hope is beset with personal enmity, the activity of the French and the violence of the sea.
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Complete Paperback Drinkwater Series (14); The by Richard Woodman,
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Corvette; The by Richard Woodman,
--[5] Rewarded by promotion for his services at the Battle of Copenhagen, Commander Drinkwater is dispatched in haste to replace the captain of the MELUSINE, who has been shot in a duel. The ship sails as an escort to a whaling fleet on its annual expedition to the Greenland Sea in pursuit of right whales. During the whale hunt the loss of one of the vessels sets off a chain of misfortune. Disaster, death and treachery result. To repair his ship, Drinkwater seeks shelter off the Greenland coast and finds more hazards than the Arctic alone can produce. It is here that Drinkwater makes the most difficult decision of his career. The frozen splendor of the Arctic Ocean and the absorbing drama of a 19th century whale hunt unfold as Drinkwater, recently promoted for his services in the Battle of Copenhagen, hastens to replace the captain of the MELUSINE, who has been shot in a duel. The ship serves as escort to a whaling fleet that has voyaged to the Greenland Sea in pursuit of right whales. A vessel is lost during the hunt, setting off a chain of misfortune, treachery, and death. Drinkwater seeks shelter off the Greenland coast, but finds only further hazards, which prompt him to make the most difficult decision of his career.
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Ebb Tide by Richard Woodman,
--In 1843 Captain Sir Nathaniel Drinkwater, now 81, is on an inspection tour of lighthouses on the west coast of England aboard the paddle-steamer VESTAL when tragedy strikes, and he is suddenly confronted with the spectre of his past. The author uses flashbacks to 1781 and 1815 to tidy up some details of the hero's life. Bowed with age and honors, the old sea officer returns from retirement at half-pay to fulfill his public duty. Along the way, tragedy strikes, and Drinkwater is confronted with his past - his sins and follies, his triumphs and disasters. Drawing on a true incident, Richard Woodman deftly concludes the career of his seagoing hero. The past is woven with the present, and Drinkwater's complex character is finally revealed in its entirety. Like many sea officers of the period, Drinkwater's life is full of surprise and adventure to the end.
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Ebb Tide import by Richard Woodman,
--In 1843 Captain Sir Nathaniel Drinkwater, now 81, is on an inspection tour of lighthouses on the west coast of England aboard the paddle-steamer VESTAL when tragedy strikes, and he is suddenly confronted with the spectre of his past. The author uses flashbacks to 1781 and 1815 to tidy up some details of the hero's life. Bowed with age and honors, the old sea officer returns from retirement at half-pay to fulfill his public duty. Along the way, tragedy strikes, and Drinkwater is confronted with his past - his sins and follies, his triumphs and disasters. Drawing on a true incident, Richard Woodman deftly concludes the career of his seagoing hero. The past is woven with the present, and Drinkwater's complex character is finally revealed in its entirety. Like many sea officers of the period, Drinkwater's life is full of surprise and adventure to the end.
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Eye of the Fleet; An by Richard Woodman,
--[1] Action in Admiral Rodney's dramatic Moonlight Battle of 1780, when CYCLOPS' capture of the SANTA TERESA plays a decisive part, is the start of Nathaniel Drinkwater's life at sea. HMS CYCLOPS is involved in pursuing American privateers who are a danger to British trade and Drinkwater finds himself part of a prize crew when initiative and courage in a critical situation enable him to survive a dangerous encounter.When the frigate is detached on special service to the swamps of South Carolina, grim actions are fought at sea and by a detachment of the ship's company on land, resulting in violent deaths before CYCLOPS arrives in New York in 1781 and is sent back to Spithead with the news of Lord Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. Through his experiences both in action and in the hard life on CYCLOPS, Drinkwater matures and gains assurance in crisis and the ability to stand up against the tyranny of the midshipmen's mess and the sinister and evil influence of the senior midshipman, Morris. In overcoming his difficulties he is sustained by his growing love for Elizabeth and the contrast of home life with the brutality of naval service. About the Author: As a professional sailor, Richard Woodman has sailed in a variety of ships serving from apprentice to captain. Besides the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, he has written nautical fiction about tea-clippers and cargo liners. A member of the Society for Nautical Research, he lives in England. Woodman is considered one of the strongest voices in nautical fiction today.
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Flying Squadron; The by Richard Woodman,
--[11] Drinkwater in Chesapeake Bay in events leading up to War of 1812. In 1811, the Napoleonic Empire closes in on England while the United States grows increasingly outraged at the British navy's forcible boarding and searching of American vessels. Caught in the middle, the British government struggles to stem the tide of Napoleon's encroaching influence while anxiously attempting to avert war with the U.S. In a final attempt to heal the rift between London and Washington, Nathaniel Drinkwater is sent to Chesapeake Bay, where he discovers a shocking plan by which the United States could defeat the Royal Navy, collapse the British government, and utterly destroy the English cause. Amid personal crises and the tension of international acrimony, Drinkwater takes command of a squadron sent to resist the Americans. During a climactic confrontation in the South Atlantic, he risks his reputation and commission through audacity and action before finally coming face to face with the unmitigated horror of an interminable war.
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In Distant Waters by Richard Woodman,
--[8] From the tide-torn waters of the Thames, where Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is compelled to hang a deserter, to the seas off Cape Horn, storm-scoured gateway to the Pacific the great cruiser Patrician is tense with the threat of mutiny. Despite this, Drinkwater captures a Spanish frigate and meets the stunning Dona Ana Maria, daughter of the Commandante of San Francisco. But, having disturbed a hornet's nest of colonial intrigue, Drinkwater finds that the Spanish are eager to humiliate him and the Royal Navy. Moreover, a Russian battleship lurks somewhere offshore, awaiting Tsar Alexander's dark plans. Caught between two formidable enemies, Drinkwater's mission is made impossible by treachery.
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King's Cutter; A by Richard Woodman,
--[2] 1792 and Nathaniel Drinkwater is back in the Royal Navy, this time appointed to the twelve-gun cutter KESTREL, commanded by the inscrutable Madoc Griffiths. With the gathering menace of the French Revolution, he is involved in secret and dangerous operations off the French Coast including the rescue of emigres and the landing of agents.As Europe plunges deeper into war, KESTREL takes part in the struggle for supremacy in the Channel and Drinkwater has some sinister encounters with Edouard Santhonax, a man who is stirring up interest with British government agents. Through Drinkwater's initiative the network of intrigue is discovered, and the Royal Navy is paralyzed by mutiny. Will KESTREL have to stand alone between the Dutch Fleet and disaster? Events come to a climax at Camperdown and in the aftermath of the bloody battle, Drinkwater and his opponent come face to face. About the Author: As a professional sailor, Richard Woodman has sailed in a variety of ships serving from apprentice to captain. Besides the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, he has written nautical fiction about tea-clippers and cargo liners. A member of the Society for Nautical Research, he lives in England. Woodman is considered one of the strongest voices in nautical fiction today.
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Private Revenge; A by Richard Woodman,
--[9] Drinkwater and PATRICIAN in the Far East. Plot revolves around multiple revenges between Drinkwater, Tregembo (Drinkwater's coxswain) and Morris a former navy officer who made Drinkwater's life a misery in books #1 and #3, 1808. In the aftermath of a typhoon, Nathaniel Drinkwater brings the frigate PATRICIAN into the shelter of the Pearl River on the Chinese coast. While seeking the means to refit his craft, he becomes unwittingly entangled in a series of bizarre events that follow the British occupation of Macao and Admiral Drury's attack on Canton. Subsequently assigned to escort a convoy to Penang, Drinkwater quickly discovers that the convoy's cargo contains a mysterious quantity of silver - and a single passenger. Betrayal, cruelty, and greed draw him inexorably toward a climactic rendezvous in the remote tropical rainforests of Borneo.
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Shadow Of The Eagle by Richard Woodman,
--It is 1814, and Napoleon has abdicated as Emperor of the French. King Louis XVIII returns from English exile, escorted back to France by an Allied squadron. The "Great War" is at an end, and Europe celebrates the return of legitimate monarchy. But the victorious Allies grow suspicious of one another. Tsar Alexander I believes himself to be the savior of the world. Great Britain - whose power ensured victory at sea - remains at war with the United States of America. France's greatest survivor, Talleyrand, prepares to guide his battered country back to the forefront of European politics, while Bonapartist dissidents plot to restore the eagle whose shadow still lies across the continent. Amid this upheaval, Drinkwater receives secret intelligence concerning a new and imminent danger that threatens the delicate peace.
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Under False Colours by Richard Woodman,
--[10] Drinkwater disguised as merchant shipmaster on a secret mission to Denmark, 1809. In 1809, operating under the orders of the Admiralty's Secret Department, Drinkwater goes ashore with the dregs of London's dockland. Disguised as a Merchant Marine shipmaster of low character, he informs a known French agent that he will soon be transporting military stores to Russia. But the Admiralty's scheme, intended to flout Napoleon's Continental System and weaken the alliance between the Emperor and Czar Alexander, goes awry when Drinkwater's covert mission is disrupted by tempestuous weather and the loss of his escort - a gun-brig commanded by his friend and protégè. Upon reaching the island of Helgoland, Drinkwater decides on an exceptionally bold course of action highly discouraged by the Admiralty.
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