Ramage & the Saracens (The Lord Ramage Novels): 17 - Softcover

Pope, Dudley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590130235 ISBN 13: 9781590130230

Publisher: McBooks Press, 2002

Synopsis

Barbary Coast pirates-the Saraceni-are capturing slaves and terrorizing fishing villages along the coast of Sicily. Ramage and his crew are sent to track them down before they can devastate another town.

About this title

Review:

"A spirited successor to Hornblower." --"Sunday Telegraph"

"A spirited successor to Hornblower." Sunday Telegraph"

"A spirited successor to Hornblower." --Sunday Telegraph

"Not even C.S. Forester knows more about the routine and battle procedures of the British Navy in the days of Nelson." --The New York Times

From the Back Cover:

When Captain Ramage is ordered to Naples, neither he nor the crew of the frigate 'Calypso' expect to meet hostile ships in the Mediterranean so soon after the battle of Trafalgar. Yet hardly have they cleared the Straits of Gibraltar than they sight two French battleships of the Line.

Arriving in Naples, Ramage expects to be given the tedious task of escorting merchantmen. Nothing could be further from the truth. The mission he is given is one far better suited to his reputation: he is to sail to Sicily where the Barbary Coast pirates – the 'Saraceni' – have been terrorizing the fishing ports.

"All the verve and expertise of Forester"
OBSERVER

"Expert knowledge of naval history"
GUARDIAN

About this edition

• Publisher: McBooks Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1590130235
• ISBN 13: 9781590130230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302