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To Glory We Steer

Alexander Kent · 384 pages

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Ramage's Mutiny

Dudley Pope · 255 pages

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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

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The King's Gold

Arturo Perez-Reverte

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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

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Lord Hornblower

C.S. Forester · 242 pages

As his naval battles with Napoleon conclude, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew.

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Blood Eye

Giles Kristian · 448 pages

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South by Java Head

Alistair MacLean · 272 pages

A classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army, as the last boat slips out of the harbour into the South China Sea. On board are a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what is the dissolute Englishman,

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Post Captain

Patrick O'Brian · 528 pages

Presents the continuation of Jack Aubrey's life as the Peace of Amiens docks the Commander onshore, to France, and back to sea.

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River of Bones

Taylor Anderson · 479 pages

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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.

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Poseidon's Spear

Christian Cameron · 409 pages

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Stand into Danger

Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman · 300 pages

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A King's Commander

Dewey Lambdin · 445 pages

Alan Lewrie is now commander of HMS Jester, an 18-gun sloop. Lewrie sails into Corsica only to receive astonishing orders: he must lure his archenemy, French commander Guillaume Choundas, into battle and personally strike the malevolent spymaster dead. With Horatio Nelson as his squadron commander on one hand and a luscious courtesan who spies for the French on the other, Lewrie must pull out all

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The Admiral's Daughter

Julian Stockwin · 346 pages

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Odin's Wolves

Giles Kristian, Dzhailc Kristian

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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

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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!

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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.

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The Eagle's Prophecy

Simon Scarrow · 320 pages

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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.

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Iron Gray Sea

Taylor Anderson · 431 pages

Matt Reddy sets off in pursuit of a rogue Japanese destroyer, the Hidoiame, while the invasion of Grik "Indiaa" begins with the Human-Lemurian Alliance fighting against the Dominion.

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Monsoon

Wilbur Smith · 624 pages

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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.

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