J. C. Edwards
J. C. Edwards trained as a biochemist to post-doctorate research level before realizing he was no good at science. His working career was in the television department of ICI (AstraZeneca) until 1999 when he became a full-time writer. John's hobby is muzzle-loading shooting, and his interests are British history and British politics (as a spectator), plus newspapers, TV news, and current affairs. He is married with a son and two grandchildren.
He has written this HNF series of novels about Jacob Fletcher described as a loveable rogue who is pressganged into the navy as a young man, and is also writing, under the pen-name John Drake, the 'Treasure Island' pirate fiction series.
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Series: Jacob Fletcher |
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Year |
Book | Comment |
| 1793 | Fletcher's Fortune |
Jack Fletcher is seized by the press gang and is taken aboard His Majesty's frigate Phiandra, |
| 1794 | Fletcher's Glorious First of June | Jacob Fletcher renounces the fortune to which he is heir |
AOS Pirate Fiction (as John Drake)
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Series: Treasure Island series |
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Year |
Book | Comment |
| Flint and Silver | The ship of merchant sailor John Silver is attacked by pirates | |
| Pieces of Eight | Joseph Flint and Long John Silver have a score to settle | |
| Skull and Bones | Captain Flint is captured by the Royal Navy and condemned to hang for mutiny and piracy | |
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