HNF Log Book August 2011
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Visitor, this is your update newsletter from August 2011 Last month I was privileged to get interviews with Richard Woodman on the launch of his new novel 'A Ship for the King', M. Kei author of the Pirates of the Narrow Seas series and with Chris Scott Wilson author of 'Scarborough Fair'. There is only one naval fiction release in the US this month along with non fiction and Pirate fiction releases. 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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The paperback version of Floating Gold by Margaret Muir is now available worldwide | |
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Author Alaric Bond's latest novel Cut and Run is now available in paperback and ebook formats worldwide. | |
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Author E. Thomas Behr recently released his first naval fiction novel Blood Brothers. It is now available in paperback and ebook formats worldwide. | |
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Author Richard Woodman's latest novel A Ship for the King is now available for pre-order in hardcover. It will be released in the UK on 28 July 2011 and in the US on 1 November 2011. | |
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Author M. Kei's latest novel Heart of Oak is now available worldwise in paperback. | |
Pirate Fiction |
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Author Rima L. Jean has just released a new pirate novel in ebook formats, The Noble Pirates. It is will be available in hardcover worlwide on 29 August 2011. | |
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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 Poyer. David Poyer's military career included service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, Persian Gulf, and Pacific. He lives on Eastern Shore of Virginia with his wife and their daughter, with whom he explores the Bay and Atlantic coast in their sloop, Water Spirit. Today he is mainly known as the author of the modern naval fiction series about Dan Lenson but he also wrote a series about the American Civil War at sea. |
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Books with a release date this monthFirst editions or first paperback releases this month Fiction |
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A Battle Won by S. Thomas Russell will be available in the US in Paperback 2 August 2011 | |
Non Fiction |
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Pirate Killers: The Royal Navy and the African Pirates by Graham A. Thomas will be available in the US in Hardcover 19 August 2011 | |
Pirate Fiction |
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The Noble Pirates by Rima L. Jean will be available in Hardcover 29 August 2011 |
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Author Interviews Last Month |
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The first novel in a new series by Richard Woodman has just been released, A Ship for the King. To mark the launch he was kind enough to share some thoughts with me on the novel, the series, and his writing. |
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M Kei, author of the Pirates of the Narrows Seas Series Among the questions asked were: You have chosen to set your books within a fictional historical timeline, what made you decide to do so? A key element of your novels are the Barbary based Sallee Rovers. What led you to feature a Barbary nation allied to England? |
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Chris Scott Wilson, author of Scarborough Fair Among the questions asked were: As a UK author what made you select an American hero as the principal character? What intrigues you about the period in which the book is set? |
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Book Reviews |
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A review of Chris Scott Wilson's Scarborough Fair |
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A review of Alaric Bond's Cut and Run by Richard Spilman Read the review.
and a review by David Hayes |
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A review of Carl. D. Lane's The Fleet in the Forest Read the review. |
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