AOS Other Nautical Fiction
 When doing research for historic naval fiction books to add to this site I often find ones about merchant ships and other stories set in the age of sail. Some of these may be of interest to naval fiction fans so I am adding them to this index. If you are interested in purchasing any, and direct links are not provided from the book, please visit and search the online stores. |
Bullen of the 'Brigadier'
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- By Peter Wickloe
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(There is no description available for this book - Assumed to be AOS as all others by this author are) |
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Tom Chatto, Apprentice
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- By Philip McCutchan
This book has been released under the following alternate titles:-
Apprentice to the Sea
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A tough and adventurous life awaits Tom Chatto as he embarks at Liverpool in the 1890s on his first voyage as an apprentice at sail. He has to learn how to handle the big square-rigged windjammer, go aloft to dizzying heights to tend the sails and cope with stowaways and misfits. |
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The Men that God Forgot
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- By Richard Butler
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Demon's Land they called it - a bastardisation of Van Diemen's Land - a place where men rotted or starved or were flogged to death... The maximum security hard-labour camp at Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour was the end of the line for prisoners - a hell on earth for convicts and gaolers alike - and when in 1833, it was decided to close the settlement, ten desperate and ruthless men seized the ship that was to transport them, and made their final bid for freedom. This book, based on historical fact, is a reconstruction of one of the most exciting incidents in the bloody history of the penal colonies. "...Butler has at least equalled Nordhoff and Hall's Mutiny on the Bounty..." Hartford Courant |
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Waterfront
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- By Richard Woodman
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Book 1: James Dunbar series Set in the early 1900s, this is the story of James Dunbar who goes to sea in search of romantic adventure. In Puerto San Martin, he falls in love with a waterfront prostitute and seeks to rescue her from the Hotel Paradiso. But he is up against the ship's captain who wants the girl for his wife. |
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