1805

By Richard Woodman

WoodenBoat, January/February 2002:

“Historical novels in the tradition of Forester’s Hornblower, featuring Capt. Nathaniel Drinkwater; 1805 involves Nelson’s Trafalgar campaign, Beneath the Aurora a voyage to Norway in 1813.”

Public News Service, October 2001:

“British captain and 17-time seafaring novelist Richard Woodman, Lloyd’s List columnist, offers historical novel on Captain Drinkwater as he commands ANTIGONE as part of Admiral Nelson’s British Fleet blockade of Napoleon in 1804, only to be subject to friendly fire when he is taken prisoner by the invading French. Favorably reviewed by Midwest Book Review, Times Literary Supplement.”

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