Napoleonic War
The search result below lists those novels which are based around the Napoleonic War (1803-1815).
- 1. Betrayal (HC)
- (Matching tags: Thomas Kydd,Napoleonic War,Julian Stockwin)
- Author Julian Stockwin has a new novel which is now available for pre-order in hardcover, Betrayal. It is due for release worldwide on 11 October 2012. Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment ...
- 2. Betrayal
- (Matching tags: Thomas Kydd,Napoleonic War,Julian Stockwin)
- 1806 Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham. Rumours that South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest ...
- 3. The Long Fight
- (Matching tags: Napoleonic War,D. A. Rayner)
- In the path of a convoy of India merchantmen bound for a British port, lurks the French raider Piémontaise with 500 fighting-fit men on board. Guarding the convoy is the elderly frigate ...
- 4. Reefs and Shoals
- (Matching tags: Napoleonic War,Dewey Lambdin,Alan Lewrie)
- Pity poor Captain Alan Lewrie, RN! He's been wind-muzzled for weeks in Portsmouth, snugly tucked into a warm shore bed with lovely, and ...
- 5. The Emperor's Gold
- (Matching tags: Napoleonic War,Robert Wilton,Comptrollerate General)
- July 1805: The armies of France have only to sail to England to complete Napoleon's domination over Europe. Britain is militarily weak, politically divided, unsettled by her rioting poor. Into this feverish ...
- 6. Conquest
- (Matching tags: Thomas Kydd,Napoleonic War,Julian Stockwin)
- 1806 Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar removed the spectre of invasion and England is now free to seek conquests and colonies in the furthest reaches of the world. Captain Kydd joins ...
- 7. Magician's Spell
- (Matching tags: Napoleonic War,Debra Sue Denson)
- 1800's Europe, Napoleon's Empire - a time when women are seen as ornaments or property. On an inauspicious passage aboard the thirty-six gun privateer Magician, Lady Johanna Cornehl, ...
- 8. The Invasion Year
- (Matching tags: Dewey Lambdin,Alan Lewrie,Napoleonic War)
- The smashing series featuring the roguish Captain Alan Lewrie continues with The Invasion Year. After reluctantly saving the last French citizens left on rebellious Haiti, Lewrie finds ...
- 9. Letter of Marque
- (Matching tags: Andrew Hepburn,Napoleonic War)
- 1812 Edward Stockton, mate in an American ship bound for China in 1812, is impressed into a British frigate. He escapes and finds his way to L'Orient, "the bustling intrigue-ridden center ...
- 10. Victory
- (Matching tags: Julian Stockwin,Thomas Kydd,Battle of Trafalgar,Napoleonic War)
- 1805 Commander Thomas Kydd is eager to play his part in thwarting Bonaparte's plans for the invasion of England. He and his ship join Admiral Nelson's command just before the greatest sea ...
- 11. The Vice Admiral of the Blue
- (Matching tags: Roland Burnham Molineux,Napoleonic War)
- A Biographical Romance : Supposedly the Chronicle Left by Lord Nelson's Friend, Thomas Masterman Hardy, Vice Admiral and Baronet Author: Roland Burnham ...
- 12. Doctor Dogbody's Leg
- (Matching tags: James Norman Hall,Napoleonic War)
- ... writing the tales spun by Dr. Dogbody, a peg-legged old salt who never lets the truth get in the way of a good story. Doctor Dogbody's tales vividly recreate the Napoleonic Wars, and delight with broad ...
- 13. King, Ship, and Sword
- (Matching tags: Dewey Lambdin,Alan Lewrie,Napoleonic War)
- 1803 In the latest installment of a series that has drawn comparisons to C.S. Forester and attracted the envy of Bernard Cornwell, the lovable rogue Alan Lewrie finds himself in Paris rubbing ...
- 14. Adventures of a Trafalgar Lad
- (Matching tags: John Lesterman,Battle of Trafalgar,Napoleonic War)
- The book opens with a glimpse of Nelson himself, and proceeds to tell of sinking ships, piracy, villains, captures, rescues, and peace at last in Hampshire. Author:John ...
- 15. A Sailor of Napoleon
- (Matching tags: John Lesterman,Napoleonic War)
- While rising through the ranks from Midshipman to Captain a young man carries out several important missions for Napoleon. Author: John Lesterman ...
- 16. Dispatch From Cadiz
- (Matching tags: Lt. Nicholas Chenevix R.N,Bruce Weiser,Battle of Trafalgar,Napoleonic War)
- 1805 Lt. Nicholas Chenevix R.N allows himself to be captured by the French as part of a plan to lure their fleet out of Cadiz where Nelson is waiting to defeat them. However, Chenevix, ...
- 17. The French Impostor
- (Matching tags: Lt. Nicholas Chenevix R.N,Bruce Weiser,Napoleonic War)
- 1805 Lieutenant Nicholas Chenevix R.N. is sent to Cadiz to spy while Admiral Nelson cruises offshore. He seeks a secret that would save the British from Napoleon's wrath. (Much ...
- 18. Invasion
- (Matching tags: Julian Stockwin,Thomas Kydd,Napoleonic War)
- Napoleon's forces are poised to invade Britain, and Commander Thomas Kydd's ship is at the forefront of the fleet defending the English coast. His honour restored after temporary disgrace ...
- 19. Will Weatherhelm; or the Yarn of an Old Sailor, about his early life and adventures
- (Matching tags: W. H. G. Kingston,Napoleonic War)
- Maritime adventures of a Shetlander before and during the Napoleonic wars. Will is shipwrecked a number of times. The action concludes at the Battle of Trafalgar. Author: ...
- 20. Marmaduke Merry, The Midshipman: or My Early Days at Sea
- (Matching tags: W. H. G. Kingston,Napoleonic War)
- A tale of naval adventure in bygone days. This novel is written as the memoirs of a midshipman serving in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars and as such is written in ...
- 21. Broadsides: A Novel of the Napoleonic Era
- (Matching tags: R. W. Daly,French Revolutionary War,Siege of Acre,Battle of Cape St. Vincent,Glorious First of June,Battle of Trafalgar,Napoleonic War,Siege of Toulon)
- ... through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars O'Corboy's rises from midshipman to post-captain and participates in the Siege of Toulon, the Glorious First of June, Cape St. Vincent, the Siege ...
- 22. Breaking the Line
- (Matching tags: David Donachie,The Nelson and Emma Trilogy,Battle of Copenhagen,Battle of Trafalgar,Napoleonic War)
- 1799 Having evacuated the King and Queen of Naples ahead of Napoleon's advancing army, Nelson must now await developments in Sicily. In the meantime, he and Emma savor their passionate ...
- 23. Second to None
- (Matching tags: Alexander Kent,Bolitho,Napoleonic War)
- 1815 June 1815. On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. but peace will present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain ...
- 24. Sword of Honour
- (Matching tags: Alexander Kent,Bolitho,Napoleonic War)
- 1814 March 1814. Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England from several months' rigorous patrolling off the North American coast. War with the United States has not yet ended, but news ...
- 25. The Darkening Sea
- (Matching tags: Alexander Kent,Bolitho,Napoleonic War)
- 1809 Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinque, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all too brief respite from war and politics in the arms of his mistress, ...
- 26. Beyond the Reef
- (Matching tags: Alexander Kent,Bolitho,Napoleonic War)
- 1808 In March 1808, as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally Spain, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is dispatched once more to the Cape of Good Hope to establish a permanent ...
- 27. The Only Victor
- (Matching tags: Alexander Kent,Bolitho,Napoleonic War)
- 1806 February 1806. Vice-Amiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid the ground forces any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. ...
- 28. Honour this Day
- (Matching tags: Alexander Kent,Bolitho,Napoleonic War)
- 1804 In September 1804, as England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, Vice-admiral Richard Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran Hyperion and sets sail with a new squadron ...
- 29. Colours Aloft
- (Matching tags: Alexander Kent,Bolitho,Napoleonic War)
- 1803 It is a cold mid-September in 1803 when Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute - a French flagship taken in battle. With the Peace of Amiens in ...
- 30. A Balance of Dangers
- (Matching tags: Anthony Forrest,John Justice,Napoleonic War)
- 1807 Captain John Valcourt Justice's third adventure takes him to the 1807 siege of Copenhagen - one of the most dramatic and divisive incidents of the Napoleonic Wars, which, for modern ...
- 31. The Pandora Secret
- (Matching tags: Anthony Forrest,John Justice,Napoleonic War)
- 1804 It is the winter of 1804, and Robert Fulton, the brilliant, unpredictable American inventor, has been spirited from France to a lonely riverbank in England to build a new and deadly ...
- 32. Captain Justice
- (Matching tags: Anthony Forrest,John Justice,Napoleonic War)
- 1804 Justice, a naval officer and an English gentleman, infiltrates Verdun to locate another English agent and to complete his assignment to immobilize Napoleon's invasion fleet harboring ...
- 33. Dead Reckoning
- (Matching tags: C. Northcote Parkinson,Richard Delancey,Napoleonic War)
- 1805- 1811 The fourth novel by C. Northcote Parkinson featuring Richard Delancey. Richard Delancey's new command of the frigate Laura takes him to the East Indies and he is forced to endure ...
- 34. So Near, So Far
- (Matching tags: C. Northcote Parkinson,Richard Delancey,Napoleonic War)
- 1803- 1804 Uncertain peace reigns between England and France. Richard Delancey, RN, is ashore, but conflict still abounds. He forms an attachment for the pretty actress Fiona that threatens ...
- 35. The Two Captains
- (Matching tags: Cyrus Townsend Brady,Napoleonic War)
- ‘A romance of Bonaparte and Nelson.' Set 1793 to 1798, about the love of an Irish RN officer for the grandaughter of a French noble and officer in the pre-Revolutionary navy. Includes ...
- 36. Ramage and the Dido
- (Matching tags: Dudley Pope,Lord Ramage,Napoleonic War)
- 1807 Their Lordships of the Admiralty have seen fit to make Lord Nicholas Ramage the youngest captain of a ship of the line since Nelson himself. His new vessel is the most formidable war ...
- 37. Ramage and the Saracens
- (Matching tags: Dudley Pope,Lord Ramage,Napoleonic War)
- 1806 When Captain Ramage is ordered to Naples, neither he nor the crew of the frigate Calypso expect to meet hostile ships in the Mediterranean so soon after the battle of Trafalgar. Yet ...
- 38. Ramage at Trafalgar
- (Matching tags: Dudley Pope,Lord Ramage,Battle of Trafalgar,Napoleonic War)
- 1805 Captain Ramage is personally summoned by Admiral Nelson and sent to join Nelson's fleet off Cadiz where the British are blockading the French and Spanish navies. At home in Kent, Ramage's ...
- 39. Ramage's Challenge
- (Matching tags: Dudley Pope,Lord Ramage,Napoleonic War)
- 1804 The Admiralty have ordered Ramage's return to the Mediterranean. This time his task is not to pursue the French fleet, but to rescue a group of influential British prisoners being held ...
- 40. Ramage's Trial
- (Matching tags: Dudley Pope,Lord Ramage,Napoleonic War)
- 1804 Leaving Devil's Island, Ramage puts into Barbados for food and water. He is dismayed to find a fleet of merchant ships waiting for a frigate to escort them back to England. He is prepared ...
- 41. Ramage's Devil
- (Matching tags: Dudley Pope,Lord Ramage,Napoleonic War)
- 1802 Perfidy... With the Treaty of Amiens signed, and the Calypso about to be paid off, Ramage and his new bride can at last honeymoon in France as guests of the Count of Rennes. But then ...
- 42. Treason’s River
- (Matching tags: Martin Jerrold,Edwin Thomas,Napoleonic War)
- 1806 When you have just offended some of the most powerful men in England there are two options: you can stand firm, or you can run. Which is why Martin Jerrold soon finds himself sailing ...
- 43. The Chains of Albion
- (Matching tags: Martin Jerrold,Edwin Thomas,Napoleonic War)
- 1806 July 1806. Commanding a prison hulk filled with French captives in the Medway, Martin Jerrold thinks his war can't get much better. He's far away from storm, battle and the other disagreeable ...
- 44. The Blighted Cliffs
- (Matching tags: Martin Jerrold,Edwin Thomas,Napoleonic War)
- 1806 Not many men emerged from Trafalgar with not an ounce of credit to their names, but through an over reliance on rum and his habitual bad luck, Lieutenant Martin Jerrold managed it. In ...
- 45. Ben Brace, The Last of Nelson's Agamemnons
- (Matching tags: Frederick Chamier,French Revolutionary War,Napoleonic War)
- A biography of Horatio Nelson, written from the point of view of a sailor, from his time as a midshipman. Ben Brace is said to be based on Nelson's coxswain. After Nelson's death at ...
- 46. Peter Simple
- (Matching tags: Frederick Marryat,Napoleonic War)
- ... best of Captain Marryat's novels. Peter Simple goes to sea as a young, naive, midshipman during the Napoleonic wars. He is taken under the wing of Terence O'Brien, a Master's Mate, who, a bit at a time, ...
- 47. Frank Mildmay: or The Naval Officer
- (Matching tags: Frederick Marryat,Napoleonic War)
- This was Marryat's first novel written as a narration by Frank Mildmay whose rapid rise in the ranks of the Royal Navy followed the author's own career. Frank Mildmay is a rogue ...
- 48. Mr Midshipman Easy
- (Matching tags: Frederick Marryat,Napoleonic War)
- The early chapters of this book are about the domestic life of the Easy family and in particular the fathers interest in philosophy. The rest of the book is about the sea career of ...
- 49. A Privateer’s Revenge
- (Matching tags: Julian Stockwin,Thomas Kydd,Napoleonic War)
- This book has been released under the following alternate titles:- Treachery Commander Kydd has dragged himself up in the navy from press-ganged seaman to master of his own ship. Now ...
- 50. The Admiral’s Daughter
- (Matching tags: Julian Stockwin,Thomas Kydd,Napoleonic War)
- 1803 1803. Commander Kydd has sailed with the Royal Navy in the dangerous South Seas, against Napoleon's fleet in the Mediterranean and to the edge of the known world in a convict ship to ...