The Bomb Vessel: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics) (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)

The Bomb Vessel: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics) (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)

by RichardWoodman (Author)

Synopsis

A young captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of an old Ship, the Virago, to be sent to the Baltic as a bomb vessel. Drinkwater's ambition is to turn it back into a fighting ship, but his plans are thwarted. At the same time, Drinkwater's brother appeals for help in his desperate attempt to escape the gallows. As Sir Hyde Parker's fleet approaches the Danish coast, the Virago joins the battle. Amid gales and ice, Drinkwater strives to save his ship and his brother. It is 1801 and napoleon is reaching supreme power in France and has allied himself with Tsar Paul of Russia. Against this hazardous backdrop, Drinkwater's actions in the complex and bloody battle of Copenhagen are crucial.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
Publisher: Sheridan House
Published: 01 Sep 2000

ISBN 10: 1574090992
ISBN 13: 9781574090994

Media Reviews
The Battle of Copenhagen and more as experienced by the fictional Nathaniel Drinkwater escorts a fleet of whalers to the Greenland Sea; novel, as above. -- WoodenBoat WoodenBoat, January/February 2001