Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Dudley Pope?

"The Yorke" series? I thought the timeline was long and I couldn't
quite get into the series like I did the others, but it was good.
It's been years since I've read them - time for a quick reread me
thinks. I have not read the "Ramage" series - don't know why.

I thought they were very good, Pope knows his stuff about ships, sailing, etc
etc... whereas most of the others either get rather vague about details or else
have impossible things happen.



Kenneth Roberts?

"Northwest Passage" only unfortunately.

That was pretty good... Colonel Robert Rogers was a real person, but his life &
career is hard to believe!



I do read a lot, but sometimes, things get away from me you know? :)

Try "Lively Lady." Gets rather grim at times, a lot of it takes place in a
British prison hulk. It's about a family that partly owns & crews on a privateer
in the War of 1812.

Not really much sailing in these, but for the Revolutionary War historical period
IMHO his books "Arundel" about Benedict Arnold's Montreal campaign, "Rabble In
Arms" about Burgoyne & Arnold & the Battle of Saratoga, and "Oliver Wiswell"
about the 'civil war' aspect of the American Revolution. Lots of real history
wrapped into the story. And it so happens that since boats & ships were so
important back then, they are integral to a lot of the action.... just like a
modern book will have a lot of details about cars & trucks even if it's about
something else entirely.

Regards-
Doug King