Richard Woodman
Autor(a) de An Eye of the Fleet
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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Séries
Obras de Richard Woodman
The History of the Ship: The Comprehensive Story of Seafaring from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (1997) 66 cópias
Death or Damnation: Nathaniel Drinkwater Omnibus 4: "Under False Colours", "Flying Squadron", "Beneath the Aurora" (2002) 15 cópias
Revolution! The 'Liberty' War 1775-1784: A narrative history of the American Rebellion (2017) 8 cópias
A LOW SET OF BLACKGUARDS: Volume Two TRIUMPH & DECLINE 1708 – 1834 (The East India Company and its Maritime Service,… 1 exemplar(es)
A LOW SET OF BLACKGUARDS: Volume Two TRIUMPH & DECLINE 1708 – 1834 (The East India Company and its Maritime… 1 exemplar(es)
The Accident 1 exemplar(es)
DANGEROUS VOYAGING: BRITISH MERCHANT SEAMEN AT WAR 1939-1945 (Dangerous Seas Book 1) (2014) 1 exemplar(es)
Night Attack 1 exemplar(es)
Unter falscher Flagge 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail (2001) — Contribuinte — 33 cópias
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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
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Days of yarrr (1)
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