N Beetham Stark: 27 books

Benjamin Rundel is sent as first leftenant aboard the Gadfly which is under the command of the son of an M.P. who has bought his son’s commission as ‘captain.’ But the young man is not interested in the sea, the war or sailing. He is a frustrated actor who is addicted to opium and has no idea...

Captain Benjamin Rundel suffers through the frustration of convoy duty. Then he runs into a nest of ship wreckers and he and his men manage to capture the lot and bring them to justice. On his next assignment, he manages to capture a Spanish ship a day after a peace treaty was signed by the English...

This is book six of the nine book series, set in the years 1803-1806. Ben endures blockade duty and finds a novel way to overcome the boredom suffered by his crew. He is aboard the H. M. S. Victory under Admiral Lord Nelson. He and Tom survive the Battle of Trafalgar and see their hero, Lord Nelson...

The great battles in the Mediterranean are over and Ben is asked to assist with the assault on a castle on shore at St. Elmo. He is assigned to a bomb boat and with his friend, Tom Murphy, they learn how to sail the bomb boat and handle the mortars. When Commodore Troubridge is sent to explore Rome,...

The first of two books of original Christmas stories set in the United States. Granny Fox – The humorous story of an old lady confined against her will to an old folks home. She designs havoc for her captors. Christmas Ship – The story of a lonely boy at sea who finds Christmas when his captain...

This novel is set during the Napoleonic Wars. Benjamin Rundel fights in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent after a nerve-wracking sail through the French fleet in the fog. He suffers at the hands of a loud Italian lady whom he has been sent to rescue from her French paramours. Her children nearly drive...

Ben leaves a happy ship, the Faithful, to join a most unhappy ship, the Hawk, under Captain Sharp who is suffering from syphilis but will not admit it. Ben, who is only 15, is asked to serve as acting surgeon’s mate on a ship with no surgeon. He is faced with ‘lubbers’, an alcoholic second lieutenant,...

Eivin settles with his family in England on land recently vacated by the Romans ((450 AD). Life takes him up and down the ancient pathway known as ‘The Icknield Way’. He falls in love but is imprisoned before he can claim his lady. His brother, Ans, is the devil’s novice and he hates him. Eivin...

Napoleon’s army of 600,000 has decided not to invade England and is headed to Russia. The Admiralty want to know what happens to Napoleon and his man in Russia. If they survive, they may return to France with over a million fighting men to attack England. If they fail, then England will be safe...

Ben has suffered injuries to his feet and is partially crippled. He has made port admiral, but hates the constant string of petitioners and the paper work that he must sort through daily. He learns of the capture of Napoleon at Waterloo and the plans to exile him on St. Helena. He and Tom lay plans...

The Story of a Little Boy Growing Up at Sea, 1778 This is the first of a series of nine books about the life of one fictitious person, Benjamin Rundel. We experience the Napoleonic Wars through his eyes and those of his friend, Thomas Murphy. Rundel was born in 1780 and is orphaned at...

T.T. Green was a country girl, a tom boy. She spent over twenty years planning to build her dream log home by studying 'How To...Books.' She build seven smaller log buildings for practice. She forged ahead and was met with an incredible sequence of almost impossible obstacles. Everything...

The Knights of Oak presents yet another theory concerning the fate of the Knights Templar after their initial arrest by the King of France, Philip IV in 1307. No one knows for certain what happened to the vast treasure that they had accumulated and especially to the Golden Menorah of King Solomon,...

Come walk down a path to the past to a time when life was much different from what it is today. The Twelve Nights of Christmas has stories of life in England in the past when people faced different problems from those we know today. The stories are written for adults but are appropriate for children...