Richard Woodman: 33 books
The History of the Ship
The Comprehensive story of seafaring from the earliest times to the present day
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Richard Woodman's highly successful "The History of the Ship" is re-worked and updated. Man has used the boat and ship in his struggle to dominate the world around him, accomplishing spectacular feats of courage and exploration, exploitation, trade, communication and destruction. In his highly readable...
by Richard Woodman
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
At one time British ships carried half of the world's trade, transporting every conceivable type of freight from and to all four corners of the globe – and in times of crisis the merchant fleet has also offered military assistance. In fact, the merchant convoys and armed cruisers that defied the...
The Real Cruel Sea
The Merchant Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
For the British, the Battle of the Atlantic was a fight for survival. They depended on the safe transit of hundreds of convoys of merchant ships laden with food, raw materials and munitions from America to feed the country and to keep the war effort going, and they had to export manufactured goods...
Battle of the River Plate
A Grand Delusion
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax and Achilles off the coast of South America caught the imagination...
1805
#6 A Nathanial Drinkwater Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
In the tradition of C.S. Forester, ex-sailor Richard Woodman brings history to life in a rousing tale of daring deeds and clashing cutlasses. it is the summer of 1804 and Napoleon is massing his vast army for the invasion of England. His powerful Combined Fleet is preparing to meet Admiral Nelson's...
Ebb Tide
#14 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
It is 1843 and Captain Nathaniel Sir Drinkwater embarks on the paddle-steamer Vestal for an inspection of lighthouses on the west coast of England. Bowed with age and honors, the old sea officer has been drawn from retirement on half-pay to fulfill his public duty. The following day, tragedy strikes,...
Dead Man Talking
A thrilling wartime naval adventure
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
A wartime attack on a defenceless merchant convoy brings the intent of the Admiralty into question. Was it merely a bad tactical decision or something more sinister?
Why did Admiral Dudley Pound scatter Convoy PQ17 in the Barents Sea on the evening of 4th July 1942? Most of the merchant ships were...
Under False Colours
#10 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 1999
Acting for the Admiralty's Secret Department, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater advertises his cargo of Russian military stores, thus embarking on a scheme to flout Napoleon's Continental System and antagonize the French Emperor's new ally, Czar Alexander.
Packed with exciting incident worthy of...
by Richard Woodman
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
With England in the throes of civil war, Captain Kit Faulkner’s thrilling maritime adventures cannot escape the course of history.
England, 1659. Captain Kit Faulkner’s house is prospering; his eldest son, Nathaniel, has recently returned from a profitable trip to Jamaica in the good ship...
by Richard Woodman
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
The final thrilling instalment of The William Kite Naval Adventures.
The American Revolution is in full swing, with Yankee privateers swarming in British waters. For ship-owners like Captain William Kite of Liverpool, ruin is only a gun-shot away.
When providence strikes the embattled Kite...
by Richard Woodman
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2002
Extraordinary maritime heroes of the late 18th and early 19th centuries stride across these pages - some, like Warren, Pellew, Cochrane and Collingwood, are still renowned; others are almost unknown today, yet their brilliant exploits deserve to be pulled from under the long shadow of the greatest...
The Bomb Vessel
#4 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
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...
by Richard Woodman
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2000
This modern seafaring epic follows the Martin family through nearly 70 years of British maritime history.
An Eye of the Fleet
A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2001
Nathaniel Drinkwater's life at sea begins with the HMS CYCLOPS' capture of the SANTA TERESA during Admiral Rodney's dramatic Moonlight Battle of 1780. Subsequently, Drinkwater's courage and initiative are put to the test as the CYCLOPS pursues American privateers threatening British trade and is later...