HNF Log Book July 2011
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Visitor, this is your update newsletter from July 2011 Last month I was privileged to get interviews with Steven E. Maffeo on the launch of his new novel, The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812, and with Tom Grundner on the launch of his new novel Acre. Dates are not quite finalised for all, but there may be 3 brand new naval fiction titles out this month. Brief information is given below with links to the full website articles. |
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Recent Latest Release ArticlesThis month articles have appeared about the following books which have been published or are available for pre-order Fiction |
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Steven E. Maffeo released his first novel, The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812 at the end of May. It is now available in paperback and ebook formats worlwide. |
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Tom Grundner has just released the latest novel in the Sir Sidney Smith Nautical Adventure Series, Acre. It is now available in paperback and ebook formats worlwide. |
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Author Frank McLynn has a new book, Captain Cook: Master of the Seas, which was recently released in the UK and will be available in the US on 7 June 2011. | |
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Author Andrew D. Lambert has a new book, HMS Warrior 1860 , which was recently released worldwide. | |
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Each month I provide a short bio of one of the authors on the site. This month we will look at David Donachie.
The first series, The Privateersman Mysteries, is about Harry Ludlow. It starts in 1792 and features the adventures of a former navy Captain turned privateer and his brother. The second, The Nelson and Emma Trilogy, is, as the name indicates, about the lives of Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton. He is currently writing about John Pearce. The series starts in 1793 and follows the son of a radical taken by a press gang who is soon made an officer but shows no deference to his superiors. He has also written, under the pseudonym Tom Connery, a series about George Markham of the Royal Marines |
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Books with a release date this monthFirst editions or first paperback releases this month Fiction |
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The Winds of Folly by Seth Hunter will be available in Hardcover 7 July 2011 | |
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Book 4 in the Fighting Sail series, Cut and Run by Alaric Bond. The publisher expects this book to be available in July | |
| Book 4 in the Sallee Rovers series, Heart of Oak, by M. Kei. The Author estimates that this book will be available shortly | ||
Author Interviews Last Month |
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Steven E. Maffeo, author of The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812 Among the questions asked were: You are known as a writer of non-fiction books. What made you decide to fictionalise this one? Do you plan to fictionalise any other historic events from the age of sail? |
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Tom Grundner, author of Acre Among the questions asked were: What made you decide to write a series about Sir Sidney Smith? Does using a real life person as opposed to a fictional hero create any difficulties when writing? |
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Book Reviews |
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A review of Steven E. Maffeo's The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812 by Astrodene |
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A review of Gentleman Captain by Richard Spilman, originally published on the The Old Salt Blog Read the review |
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A review of Stanley Wilson's Leave the Gallows Hungry - First Fleet to Australia by Astrodene Read the review |
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A review of Tom Grundner's Acre by Astrodene Read the review |
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A review of Linda Collison's Surgeon's Mate by fellow author Alaric Bond Read the review |
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Useful Links |
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David Donachie (1944- ) needs no introduction to fans of the genre. He was born in Edinburgh and has had a variety of jobs, including selling everything from business machines to soap. He has always had an abiding interest in the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesand now lives in Deal, Kent. He has written three historical naval fiction series.