Description
The vicious mutineers aboard the British ship Jocasta had surrendered their vessel to Spain. Sailing aboard the frigate Calypso, Captain Lord Ramage receives Admiralty orders to recover her by any means.
About the Author
Dudley Pope, a naval defense correspondent of the London Evening News, progressed to writing carefully researched naval history. C.S. Forester urged Pope to try his hand at fiction and saw the younger writer as his literary heir. Pope began what was to become an impressive series with Ramage (1965) and, over the next 24 years, produced 17 more novels tracing Lord Ramage's career. Pope died in 1997.
Reviews
"The excitement never slackens." -- The Sunday Times
"The first and still favourite rival to Hornblower." -- Daily Mirror
Book Information
ISBN 9780935526905
Author Dudley Pope
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint McBooks Press
Publisher Globe Pequot Press
Weight(grams) 345g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm
About the Author
Dudley Pope, a naval defense correspondent of the London Evening News, progressed to writing carefully researched naval history. C.S. Forester urged Pope to try his hand at fiction and saw the younger writer as his literary heir. Pope began what was to become an impressive series with Ramage (1965) and, over the next 24 years, produced 17 more novels tracing Lord Ramage's career. Pope died in 1997.
Reviews
"The excitement never slackens." -- The Sunday Times
"The first and still favourite rival to Hornblower." -- Daily Mirror
Book Information
ISBN 9780935526905
Author Dudley Pope
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint McBooks Press
Publisher Globe Pequot Press
Weight(grams) 345g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm
