Alaric Bond
Alaric Bond has been writing professionally for over twenty years with work covering broadcast comedy (commissioned to BBC Light Entertainment for 3 years), periodicals, children's stories, television and the stage. He is also a regular contributor to nautical magazines and newsletters.
The 'Fighting Sail' series of books which features several principal characters, including Midshipman Thomas King and a seaman named Flint, is intended to differ from others in that it will not follow one principal character throughout his career.
| Series: Fighting Sail | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| 1795 | His Majesty's Ship | In the spring of 1795 HMS Vigilant, a 64 gun ship-of-the-line, is about to leave Spithead |
| 1796 | The Jackass Frigate | Fresh from the dockyard, HMS Pandora is a 28-gun frigate, is about to set sail to join the Mediterranean Fleet |
| 1797 | True Colours | The British fleet has mutinied and Admiral Duncan watches the Dutch coast unsupported. |
| Cut and Run | King opts for a spell with the Honourable East India Company but soon wonders why. | |
| 1798 | The Patriot's Fate | Ireland rises up and two friends and former allies are separated by chance and circumstance |
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The author was interviewed by Seymour Hamilton and you can listen to the interview here:-