Beneath the Aurora (A Nathaniel Drinkwater novel) - Hardcover

Woodman, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719553733 ISBN 13: 9780719553738

Publisher: John Murray, 1995

Synopsis

The year is 1813. As the Grand Army of Napoleon faces defeat on the battlefields of Germany, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater succeeds Lord Dungarth as head of the Royal Navy's Secret Department. Soon he is caught up in an intrigue which leads him into the most desperate mission of his career.

About this title

Review:

"British captain and 17-time seafaring novelist Richard Woodman, Lloyd's List columnist, offers his twelfth title in Captain Drinkwater naval historical novel series to be published in America. Here Drinkwater becomes Royal Navy Secrets Departments head in 1813 as battle against Napoleon draws intrigue from America and Scandinavia." -- Public News Service "Public News Service, October 2001"

About the Author:

Richard Woodman is well-known for his Nathaniel Drinkwater series of historical naval novels, a dozen other sea-stories, histories of the development of ships and works on sea-power during the Napoleonic Wars. He has also produced two widely acclaimed studies of convoys operations during the Second World War, Malta Convoys and Arctic Convoys.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0719553733
• ISBN 13: 9780719553738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 247