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Richard Woodman

Autor(a) de An Eye of the Fleet

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About the Author

Richard Woodman was born in London. England in 1944. He became an indentured midshipman in cargo liners at the age of 16, which resulted in a 37 year nautical career. He became captain in 1980. He spent 11 years in command at sea, 6 years in operational management ashore, and is currently a Board mostrar mais Member of Trinity House, the authority responsible for navigational safety round the coast. He is a regular correspondent for the shipping newspaper Lloyd's List. He has written over 50 books, a mixture of fiction and maritime history. His fiction works include the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, A Kit Faulkner Naval Adventure series, and The William Kite Trilogy. He received several awards including the Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award in 2001 for his journalism, the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal in 2005 for three major studies of convoy operations in the Second World War, and the Marine Society's Thomas Gray Medal in 2010 for his five-volume history of the British Merchant Navy. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Richard Woodman

An Eye of the Fleet (1981) 155 cópias
A King's Cutter (1982) 115 cópias
A Brig of War (1983) 113 cópias
A Brief History of Mutiny (2005) 101 cópias
The Sea Warriors (2001) 96 cópias
1805 (1985) 90 cópias
The Bomb Vessel (1984) 90 cópias
Baltic Mission (1986) 88 cópias
The Corvette (1985) 84 cópias
A Private Revenge (1989) 78 cópias
In Distant Waters (1988) 77 cópias
Under False Colours (1991) 65 cópias
The Flying Squadron (1992) 62 cópias
Ebb Tide (1998) 59 cópias
Beneath the Aurora (1995) 57 cópias
The Shadow of the Eagle (1997) 52 cópias
The Real Cruel Sea (2004) 50 cópias
Arctic Convoys 1941-1945 (1994) 43 cópias
Malta Convoys, 1940-1943 (2000) 38 cópias
Wager (1991) 32 cópias
Distant Gunfire (2003) 19 cópias
The Guineaman (2000) 19 cópias
The Privateersman (Kite) (1644) 16 cópias
The Blaze of Glory (2001) 15 cópias
Under Sail (1998) 14 cópias
The Captain and Commissioner (1997) 12 cópias
View from the Sea (1985) 10 cópias
Waterfront (1996) 7 cópias
Arctic Treachery (1987) 6 cópias
The Ice Mask (2003) 6 cópias
The Knight Banneret (2018) 4 cópias
The Antigone (1997) 4 cópias
Blue Funnel: Voyage East (2002) 4 cópias
Dead Man Talking (2002) 3 cópias
Captain Of The Caryatid (1997) 3 cópias
Decision at Trafalgar (1987) 3 cópias
Satan der See. (1998) 3 cópias
The Judgement of his Peers (2020) 2 cópias
Die Kollision. (1997) 2 cópias
Act of Terror (1996) 2 cópias
Keepers of the Sea (2005) 1 exemplar(es)
The Accident 1 exemplar(es)
The rising gale (2014) 1 exemplar(es)
Night Attack 1 exemplar(es)
Nathaniel Drinkwater Set (1988) 1 exemplar(es)
Sword of State: The Wielding (2016) 1 exemplar(es)
Unter falscher Flagge 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1944
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
London, England, UK
Ocupação
Naval historian
novelist
Organizações
Trinity House

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Octubre de 1779. Nathaniel Drinkwater ingresa a sus catorce años en la Armada Real británica como guardiamarina. Su primer destino será de la fragata Cyclops, de treinta y seis cañones. A partir de ese momento su vida dará un giro radical; aprenderá la dureza de la vida entrecubiertas, llegará su bautismo en combate frente a las costas del Cabo Santa María y llevará a cabo misiones en el Mediterráneo, en las islas del Canal y, finalmente, en las Carolinas justo en el momento en que los rebeldes americanos presionan más a las tropas leales a la Corona. Woodman destaca fundamentalmente por el realismo de sus novelas, lejos sin duda del chauvisnismo de algunos autores del género como Pope u O ́Brian. Su dilatada experiencia en alta mar unida a su destreza a la hora de desarrollar los personajes -desde el propio Drinkwater hasta el malvado Morris, pasando por el aristocrático teniente Devaux, el hierático y desencantado capitán Hope y la misma Elizabeth-, hacen de él un referente de la literatura naval contemporánea, como demuestran las continuas reediciones de sus obras en todo el mundo.… (mais)
 
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Natt90 | Mar 9, 2023 |
This is an excellent little book, beautifully illustrated and a first class introduction to the British Merchant Navy and the history of merchant ships and the Mercantile Marine. The author is a merchant sea captain and Elder Brother of Trinity House and author of a five-volume history of the Merchant Navy. My only major criticism is that the book contains so much that a much better index is called for (and, to that end, I have included a lot more in the Tags, above). It is disappointing that the author uses the book to lobby for a pet subject - the award of a separate medal for Arctic Convoys (this has now been awarded, but I do not agree that it should have been, the Atlantic Star being quite sufficient - I dislike any retrospective awards of medals!). For the modest price, this is an outstanding book and will be of interest to anyone interested in The Sea and Maritime Britain and, indeed, the illustrious history of our nation's seafarers.… (mais)
 
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lestermay | Dec 16, 2022 |
1798. Napoleón prepara un ejército para conquistar Egipto. El almirante Nelson cree que lo utilizará como cabeza de puente para atacar la India con la ayuda del rebelde Tipoo Sahib. Rápidamente, decide enviar al bergantín Hellebore, del que es teniente Nathaniel Drinkwater, al Mar Rojo, en una misión urgente. Deberán contactar con la flota de la India y destruir las fuerzas navales francesas de la zona. Pronto, el Hellebore se encontrará en medio de una operación naval a gran escala acosando el flanco de las tropas francesas.… (mais)
 
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Natt90 | Dec 13, 2022 |
Kit starts small but progresses nicely. A good story from the days when England did not rule the waves.
 
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jamespurcell | Nov 5, 2022 |

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Obras
94
Also by
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Membros
2,192
Popularidade
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Avaliação
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Resenhas
55
ISBNs
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