Historical Novels revisited...

On October 8th and 9th, in the thread "Historical Novels, lists
of nautical novels were submitted, most notably in my memory by
John Berg and Grandpa. I lost the lists, but did want to mention
a few of my own favorites that I didn't see mentioned.

One is the series by Adam Hardy and his roguish seafaring hero,
George Abercrombie Fox. There were at least 9 books in this very
different series which as one might expect, takes place during
the Napoleonic era.

I have long been a fan of Douglas Reeman, of both his Alexander
Kent novels of Richard Bolitho, and of his more contemporary
[WWII] novels under his own name. But, my favorites by far, are
his novels of the Royal Marines, starting with Badge of Glory,
which covered 150 years of service by members of the remarkable
Blackwood family.

A series about the Royal Navy during WWI and written by Allen
Evans were also great reads. There were four books in the series
as I remember them, Thunder At Dawn, Dauntless, Seek Out And
Destroy, and Night Action.

Porter Hill wrote what I thought was an excellent series about
the Honorable East India Company and its Bombay Marines, under
the command of Captain Adam Horne.

I had two other series I wanted to recommend, though neither of
them carry the tang of the sea.
The first is a new discovery for me, a series by Garry Douglas,
very much in the spirit of Cornwell's Sharpe series, featuring
Sergeant Jack Crossman, and set in the Crimean War. I've only
read the first three instalments: The Devil's Own, The Valley of
Death, and Soldiers In The Mist.

Finally, as someone long fascinated by novels set in Roman and
post-Roman Britain, and of Arthurian legends, I wanted to
mention a series called The Sky Stone Saga, in Canada, and in
the US, I believe it's called The Dream of Eagles cycle by Jack
Whyte. This in my opinion has to be one of the most unique
interpretations of the Arthurian legend I have ever read.

Hope I've managed to suggest a few books readers haven't yet
discovered.

Yours, aye

Mike Campbell