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Sto caricando le informazioni... Captain Kilburniedi William P. Mack
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Captain Kilburnie is the tale of a young man of great ability and ambition. Fergus Kilburnie is a younger son and knows there will not be a place for him on the family estate in Scotland, so he decides to go to sea. Although he enlists as a seaman, he already knows seamanship and navigation and quickly masters gunnery, for which he will always retain a passion. He is quickly promoted to lieutenant and is posted to a captaincy at a young age. There are issues with this book -- the dialogue is a bit flat and Fergus is larger than life, quickly mastering every new skill he turns to -- but it is an engaging, action-filled read. Mack was a career naval officer and his love of the service and the sea is evident in his book. If anything, he waxes a little pedantic as he tries to share his knowledge. There is no suspense here; this is a straightforward tale of the career of an exceptional young man who pursues a naval career and the woman he loves. Still, it is chock full of the stuff that makes historic naval fiction fun to read. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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After publishing six successful novels about the surface engagements of World War II, including the now classic South to Java (coauthored with his son), William Mack turns his attention and considerable talent to the adventure and romance of the Age of Sail. This enchanting story charts the glorious rise through the ranks of Nelson's navy by Fergus Kilburnie, one of the first Scotsmen to serve as an officer. With the bold pluck of a natural-born leader, an innate affinity for the sea, and not a little help from friends in high places, the intrepid Kilburnie escapes one predicament after another to earn in just a few years a captain's stripes and the plum of the fleet, a three-masted frigate to fight France and Spain for command of the seas. In addition to French and Spanish foes, Kilburnie battles dangerous and unpredictable seas, envious crewmen, jealous fellow officers, and his own powder-keg emotions. He rises time after time to meet his many challenges and find his way into the reader's soul. By dint of his dauntless heroism, matchless leadership, and struggles with moral courage, Kilburnie takes his place next to other unforgettable characters in the literature of the period. Among the current spate of novels about the Nelsonian navy, Mack's stands out with a polished prose style, seasoned by the author's stellar naval career in which he rose to the rank of vice admiral in the U.S. Navy. He carries the reader on a page-turning trip through time, rich with spellbinding action, dramatic tension, a panorama of human emotions, and historical accuracy. This exhilarating new novel is for those who relish the bark and smoke of blazing cannon, the swish and clang of gnashing cutlasses, the hiss and pop of sails winging a three-masted frigate into firing position, the back-stabbing intrigue of the British Admiralty, the bawdy life of seamen on liberty, the sweet passion of young love, and the restorative power of redemption. It establishes a fresh voice and an iconoclastic new character in an ever-popular genre that could use some new blood. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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