by Mike Ashley (Author), Mike Ashley (Author), Jon E. Lewis (Author)
An anthology of seafaring stories, about the age of tall ships and canon fire, when the seamanship and derring-do of British sailors was shown time and again aboard the great ships that sailed for trade, discovery or warfare. Included are tales of storms and shipwrecks, the great sea battles of the Napoleonic era and the sheer, dangerous excitement of life before the mast. Writers of this anthology include Patrick O'Brian, Kenneth Bulmer, Richard Butler, C.S. Forester, Showell Styles, Herman Melville, Cutcliffe Hyne and Harriet Hudson.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 30 Sep 1999
ISBN 10: 1841190608
ISBN 13: 9781841190600
Book Overview: Mike Ashley is the editor of The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits and Shakespeare Whodunnits .