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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Admiral's Daughter
Julian Stockwin · 346 pages
The King's Coat
Dewey Lambdin · 384 pages
Lieutenant Hornblower
C.S. Forester · 306 pages
Ramage & the Drumbeat
Dudley Pope · 255 pages
The Mauritius Command
Patrick O'Brian · 348 pages
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the fourth book in the series. Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half-pay without a command -- until his f
To Glory We Steer
Alexander Kent · 384 pages
The King's Gold
Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Golden Lion
Wilbur Smith, Giles Kristian · 402 pages
"The son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, Henry "Hal" Courtney was raised at sea. When war broke out between the English and the Dutch empires, his father, fighting for the English crown, attacked a fleet of Dutch East India Company ships off the coast of Africa. That bravery was met with betrayal, and Sir Francis was executed. His heartbroken son witnessed his death and dedicated his
Sharpe's Trafalgar
Bernard Cornwell · 293 pages
PerfectBound e-book exclusive extra: "Sharpe's Skirmish: Richard Sharpe and The Defence of Tormes, August 1812," a short story.Sharpe's Trafalgar is a dazzling nautical adventure that finds ensign Richard Sharpe in the middle of one of history's most spectacular naval engagements: the battle at Cape Trafalgar off the coast of Spain, in 1805.
Take, Burn or Destroy
S. Thomas Russell, Sean Thomas Russell · 434 pages
Embarking on a mission to destroy a French frigate and gather intelligence during the height of the French Revolution, Charles Hayden of the HMS Themis discovers plans for an invasion of England before being captured by a French squadron.
The Time of Terror
Seth Hunter · 396 pages
"Nathan Peake, an officer in the British Royal Navy, fights against the French during the French Revolution"--Provided by publisher.
False Colors
Alex Beecroft · 333 pages
For his first command, John Cavendish is given the elderly bomb vessel HMS Meteor, and a crew as ugly as the ship. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfie Donwell can pull the crew together before he has to lead them into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers. Alfie knows that with a single ship, however well manne
Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Bernard Nordhoff, James Norman Hall · 659 pages
This book is great for a middle school class. This book is based on the movie MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY!
Empire of Ivory
Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the adventures of Cpt Laurence and his dragon Temeraire as they travel from the shores of Britain to China and Africa.Laurence and Temeraire made a daring journey across vast and inhospitable continents to bring home a rare Turkish dragon from the treacherous Ottoman Empire. Kazilik dragons are firebreathers, and Britain is in greater need of protecti
The Whale Road
Robert Low · 376 pages
A band of brothers, known as the Oathsworn, committed only to each other, feared by many, rises again.
Shōgun
James Clavell · 979 pages
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and free
Sons of Thunder
Giles Kristian · 384 pages
The sequel to Giles Kristian's acclaimed historical debut, Raven: Blood Eye, this brutal, bloody and unputdownable novel continues the story of Raven and his Viking warrior brotherhood...If you betray a Fellowship you are a dead man, and Ealdorman Ealdred of Wessex had betrayed us. With revenge on their minds, Raven and the Wolfpack plough the sea road in pursuit of the traitor Ealdred. Having lef
Rebel
John Clagett · 197 pages
A novel of the Confederate Navy, the River War, and the Coastal War. Huger, a naval academy graduate, serves on rivers and oceans, and commands a Southern ironclad. Romance with a happy ending.
Poseidon's Spear
Christian Cameron · 409 pages
The Privateersman
Andrew Wareham · 208 pages
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson · 278 pages
KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense. Set in 1751, the flight of David Balfour and Alan Breck across the Highlands of Scotland is based on real events. Though he wrote the book to make money, while living as an invalid in Bournemouth. Stevenson was proud of it; he inscribed a presentation copy with the couplet. Here is the one sound
Odin's Wolves
Giles Kristian, Dzhailc Kristian
River of Bones
Taylor Anderson · 479 pages
The Skipper's Dog Called Stalin
David Black · 274 pages

