Galleon [electronic resource] : Ned Yorke Series, Book 3
Pope, Dudley2001
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As England falls under a blanket of peace with the restoration of Charles II, in distant Jamaica all is not well. Though there is peace with Spain, there is no peace 'beyond the line'. It seems that the West Indies have become the private estate of the King of Spain. But Ned Yorke, Admiral of the Brethren and leader of the Buccaneers will not kowtow to the new Governor in Jamaica who is bent on weakening the Island's defences and destroying its currency. The Buccaneers must not remain idle. The third in a series set in the Caribbean, Dudley Pope reveals a masterful plot of subtle, seafaring lore wound around the tense excitement of adventure on the high seas.
Main title:
Galleon [electronic resource] : Ned Yorke Series, Book 3 / Dudley Pope
Author:
Pope, Dudley, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : House of Stratus, 2001
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Ned Yorke
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope was born in 1925 into an ancient Cornish sea-faring family. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen and much of his early life was spent at sea. He was torpedoed during the Second World War and his resulting spinal injuries plagued him for the remainder of his life. Towards the end of the War, he turned to journalism, becoming the Naval and Defence Correspondent for the London Evening News. Encouraged by Hornblower creator C. S. Forester, he began writing fiction using his own experiences in the Navy and his extensive historical research as a basis. In 1965, he wrote Ramage, the first of his highly successful series of novels following the exploits of the heroic Lord Nicholas Ramage during the Napoleonic Wars. He continued to live aboard boats wherever possible and this was where he wrote the majority of his work. Dudley Pope died in 1997 aged seventy one.
ISBN:
9780755120444
Language:
English
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BRN:
2755449
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