If you've not read any of his historical naval fiction, give yourself a
treat and do so. He also wrote the "Richard Bolitho" series under the name
Alexander Kent. That was a super series. I'm currently reading his 'Royal
Marines Saga', a series of five. Good books.
--
John

JohnH wrote:
If you've not read any of his historical naval fiction, give yourself a
treat and do so. He also wrote the "Richard Bolitho" series under the name
Alexander Kent. That was a super series. I'm currently reading his 'Royal
Marines Saga', a series of five. Good books.
--
John

For some reason, I just didnt like the Bolitho series although I liked
Reemans WW2 stories. I've read many of the series about fighting
sailing ships but the Bolitho ones just leave me cold. The detail in
the Obrien books was great, I liked the Woodman series about
Drinkwater. My fav is still Hornblower.

On 29 Dec 2006 13:29:26 -0800, "Frogwatch" wrote:


JohnH wrote:
If you've not read any of his historical naval fiction, give yourself a
treat and do so. He also wrote the "Richard Bolitho" series under the name
Alexander Kent. That was a super series. I'm currently reading his 'Royal
Marines Saga', a series of five. Good books.
--
John

For some reason, I just didnt like the Bolitho series although I liked
Reemans WW2 stories. I've read many of the series about fighting
sailing ships but the Bolitho ones just leave me cold. The detail in
the Obrien books was great, I liked the Woodman series about
Drinkwater. My fav is still Hornblower.

The word 'super' was probably a little overdone. The O'Brian series was
super, the Hornblower next, and the Bolitho came after. Did you read any of
the Alan Lewrie series by Dewey Lambdin? Those were enjoyable.

What was Woodman's first name so I can look him up. Was that also Naval
Fiction?
--
John

On 29 Dec 2006 13:29:26 -0800, "Frogwatch"
wrote:

My fav is still Hornblower.

Right on with that.

I discovered the Hornblower books when I was in high school and read
them all. They just keep getting better and better as you learn more
about boats, people and history.