AOS Royal Marine Fiction Authors

Royal MarinesMany novels about the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail will feature members of the Royal Marines as one or more of the characters, however, some authors have written series in which the Marines are the main focus. The search result below lists those authors.

Total: 36 results found.

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1. Kate Grenville
(Matching tags: Royal Marine Fiction,Kate Grenville)
... her return to Australia in 1983 she worked at the Subtitling Unit for SBS Television and in 1984 her first book was published. One of her works, mainly land based, is about a Royal ...
2. Douglas Reeman
(Matching tags: Royal Marine Fiction,Alexander Kent,Douglas Reeman,Blackwood Family,ME Naval Fiction Author,ME Other Non Fiction Author,ME Nautical Fiction Author)
... dozen languages. One of his series is about the Royal Marine Blackwood Family, and one of those books is set at the end of the Age of Sail.   Series: Blackwood Family - Books 2-5 are set in ...
3. M. Howard Morgan
(Matching tags: Royal Marine Fiction,M. Howard Morgan)
M. Howard Morgan is a pen name of Malcolm Mendey who is writing a series of books about Marine Officer Jack Vizzard.   Series: Jack Vizzard Year  Book  Comment ...
4. R. W. Daly
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Royal Marine Fiction,R. W. Daly)
Robert Welter Daly (1916- ), who I believe attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, has written factual books and two historic naval fiction novels.   Series: n/a Year Book Comment   ...
5. Tom Connery
(Matching tags: Royal Marine Fiction,David Donachie,Tom Connery,Markham of the Marines)
Tom Connery has written the 'Markham of the Marines' series about George Markham of the Royal Marines (Tom Connery is a pen name of David Donachie)   Series: Markham of the Marines ...
6. Roger Paine
(Other Authors)
Roger Paine left school in Leicester, England at the age of sixteen to join the Royal Navy as a very ordinary sailor. Although he claims to regret this impulsive teenage decision, he readily admits that ...
7. Roger Marsh Review: The Sea Painter's World: The New Marine Art of Geoff Hunt, 2003-2010
(Book Reviews)
... on 28th June 2005, HMS Dragon building at VT Portsmouth and HMS Ark Royal in drydock at Portsmouth in May 2009. Modern sail and port scenes are covered as well. Not only is this book as stunning as ...
8. Antony Trew
(Other Authors)
... South African armed forces unit to enter the Mediterranean theatre. After two years were spent in a staff job, overseeing the repair of naval vessels in Cape Town, he asked to be seconded to the Royal ...
9. Peter Goodwin
(Other Authors)
Peter Goodwin served in the Royal Navy in nuclear submarines, qualifying as a marine engineer. Subsequently, he worked in Glasgow as a consultant design engineer, before completing an MPhil at the Institute ...
10. D. A. Rayner
(Authors)
... yacht builders. He was born in Muswell Hill, London, and attended Repton School. Flat feet kept him from entering the Royal Navy but he joined HMS Eaglet, Mersey Division RNVR as a part-time midshipman ...
11. Richard Spilman Review: Cut and Run by Alaric Bond
(Book Reviews)
Originally published on the The Old Salt Blog Alaric Bond’s wonderful new book, Cut and Run, the fourth in his Fighting Sail series, steps away from the Royal Navy and takes us onto the decks ...
12. Percy F. Westerman
(Authors)
... of his books. During the First World War he was initially employed on coastal duties by the Royal Navy, but in 1918 he was commissioned, like W. E. Johns, in the Royal Flying Corps, as an instructor ...
13. Gregory Fremont-Barnes
(Other Authors)
Gregory Fremont-Barnes holds a doctorate in Modern History from Oxford University and serves as a Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, dividing his work between teaching ...
14. Geoff Hunt
(Other Authors)
... was elected to membership in the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1989, and his work is on permanent exhibition at The Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth ... notably a series of twelve paintings depicting ...
15. Michael Lewis
(Other Authors)
Michael Arthur Lewis (1890–1970) was a British naval historian, as well as a fiction writer, who was Professor of History and English at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich between 1934 and 1955. Born ...
16. Richard Endsor
(Other Authors)
... at the Royal Society of Marine Artists. AOS Naval Non Fiction Series: n/a Year  Book  Comment   The Restoration Warship The Design, Construction ...
17. Iain Ballantyne
(Other Authors)
... for a special publication to mark the 60th anniversary of the alliance and also for the Royal Navy's prestigious 'A Global Force' annual, on the British fleet's changing roles and combat training. In ...
18. William Richardson
(Other Authors)
William Richardson started his life at sea as a Cabin Boy in the Merchant Service and rose to be a Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy (1780 to 1819).   AOS Naval Non Fiction Series: ...
19. George Shelvocke
(Other Authors)
Captain George Shelvocke (1675-1742) was an English privateer who wrote a famous 1723 book based on his exploits. Born into a farming family in Shropshire he joined the Royal Navy when he was 15. During ...
20. An Interview with M. Howard Morgan
(Astrodene's HNF Blog)
... and Capetown remain cities in the mind only. The Internet is a wonderful tool for those unable to travel to every desired location. What intrigues you about the Royal Marines in the period in which Jack ...
21. Nicholas Monsarrat
(Related Authors)
... of an ambulance brigade and then as a member of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). His lifelong love of sailing made him a capable naval officer, and he served with distinction in a series of small ...
22. Kate Grenville
(Related Authors)
... her return to Australia in 1983 she worked at the Subtitling Unit for SBS Television and in 1984 her first book was published. One of her works, mainly land based, is about a Royal ...
23. Douglas Reeman
(Related Authors)
... dozen languages. One of his series is about the Royal Marine Blackwood Family, and one of those books is set at the end of the Age of Sail.   Series: Blackwood Family - Books 2-5 are set in ...
24. An Interview with Les Eldridge
(Astrodene's HNF Blog)
... Royal, Hampton Roads, JEB Stuart’s Ride “Round McClelland, the New York Draft Riots, Alabama v. Kearsarge, the CSS Shenandoah, submarines in Charleston, and Pickett’s attack on New Bern. The appended character ...
25. A Brief History of Naval Fiction set in the Age of Sail
(General HNF Info)
... Glasgow, the son of a Glasgow merchant. His work was originally serialised in Blackwood's Magazine in 1829 to 1833 and subsequently published as Tom Cringle's Log, the adventures of a Royal Navy midshipman. ...
26. This Day in Naval History - July
(This Day in History)
... Rainier, took a French privateer (16) off Savannah Point. 1789 Royal Visit to Portland Roads. 1790 Start of 2 day Battle of Svensksund. A Swedish fleet of 176 ships, ...
27. Richard Spilman Review: The Frigate Surprise by Brian Lavery and Geoff Hunt
(Book Reviews)
... based the ship in his novels. Now, Brian Lavery, the noted naval historian and author of more than twenty books on the Royal Navy, and Geoff Hunt, the president Royal Society of Marine Artists and the ...
28. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
(Films & Videos)
... Jack Aubrey, Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin, Surgeon, James D'Arcy as 1st Lt. Tom Pullings, Edward Woodall as 2nd Lt. William Mowett, Chris Larkin as Capt. Howard, Royal Marines, Max Pirkis as Midshipman ...
29. C. S. Forester
(Authors)
... into films and television series.   Series: Horatio Hornblower Year  Book  Comment     Born      At 17 joins Royal ...
30. James Dillon White
(Authors)
...  Series: n/a Year  Book  Comment   The Tall Ship A battered old sailing ship tries to run the blockade of the Royal Navy   Link ...
31. Harvey Haislip
(Authors)
...  Potter, now 14, sees service aboard the privateer Princess Royal    Sea Road to Yorktown  Potter ships out on the renamed Princess on a voyage to the West Indies   ...
32. Harry Collingwood
(Authors)
Harry Collingwood is the pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster (1851-1922), the son of a Royal Navy captain and educated at the Naval College, Greenwich. He was at sea from the age of 15 but had ...
33. Books Timeline pre 1760
(Books Timeline)
...  1708 To the Bitter End Matthew Loftus 1739 Royal Yankee Edward Mainwaring 1740 The Golden Ocean Patrick O'Brian 1741 Golden Galleon Edward Mainwaring 1742 ...
34. Revision History
(Revision History)
... February 2011 Author Valerie Roosa added 30 January 2011 Lists for Gay Romance and HNF Fantasy mix added 29 January 2011 Tags introdued. Lists for Young Adult and Royal Marine authors ...
35. Tom Connery
(Authors)
Tom Connery has written the 'Markham of the Marines' series about George Markham of the Royal Marines (Tom Connery is a pen name of David Donachie)   Series: Markham of the Marines ...
36. Richard Woodman
(Authors)
... the rump of the Royal Navy   Series: n/a Year Book Comment 1601 The Disastrous Voyage of the Santa Margarita Based on the true story of a Galleon wrecked on ...