HNF Log Book June 2010
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Visitor, this is your update newsletter from June 2010 Thank you all for your support by subscribing to my newsletter. I know quite a few of you subscribed after the first issue was despatched, so if you want to catch up you will find the May issue available online here. Last month I was privileged to get an interview with James L. Nelson who has just released his latest historical work George Washington's Great Gamble, part of a factual series of books about American naval activity during the American Revolution. There is one brand new naval fiction title out this month together with non-fiction books. 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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True Colours by Alaric Bond - Book 3 of the 'Fighting Sail' series Now available in paperback worldwide |
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Seahorse by Michael Aye - Book 4 of the 'Fighting Anthonys' series Now available in paperback worldwide |
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An Ill Wind by David Donachie - Book 6 of the John Pearce Series Paperback version now available for pre-order. Due to be released 1 November 2010 in the UK and 15 February 2011 in the US |
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Non Fiction |
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Naval Evolutions: A Memoir (Paperback) by Maj.-Gen. Sir Howard Douglas Re-released for the first time since 1832 on 8 April 2010 |
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Other Nautical Fiction |
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Skull and Bones by John Drake - Book 3 in the 'Treasure Island' series
Now available in Hardcover in the UK and on kindle in the US |
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Featured Author |
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Each month I will provide a short bio of one of the authors on the site. This month we will look at Adam Hardy which is a pseudonym used by Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005) and Terry Harknett (1936-?).
Together they wrote, as Adam Hardy, a series about George Abercrombie Fox which starts in 1775 when Fox, named after an uncle hanged at Tyburn, joins the Royal Navy as a powder monkey. The series has not been reprinted lately in English (though it has been in German) and whilst the earlier titles are fairly easy to pick up the last few are quite rare and can be expensive. If you have not seen one of these novels and order one you may get a surprise as they are relatively small and pocket sized. |
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Books with a release date this monthFirst editions or first paperback releases this month Fiction |
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Victory by Julian Stockwin (Hardcover) Book 11 in the 'Kydd' series is due for release on 24 June 2010 in the UK |
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Non Fiction |
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Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696-1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates by John Tredrea & Eduard Sozaev (Hardcover - US) It is due for release on 15 June 2010 |
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George Washington's Great Gamble by James L. Nelson (Hardcover - UK) It is due for release on 21 June 2010 |
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Other Nautical Fiction |
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Treachery and Treason in Canada's Sealing Fleet by Mel McIlveen (Paperback - Worldwide) It is due for release in June 2010 |
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Author Interviews Last Month |
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James L. Nelson, author of George Washington's Great Gamble Among the questions asked were: The previous book, George Washington's Secret Navy revealed little known information about the early days of Revolutionary War. Can we expect some more revelations? Your recent work has been factual books about the Revolutionary War but you have three fiction series to your name. Which have you enjoyed researching and writing more? |
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Book Reviews |
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A review of Alaric Bond's True Colours by Richard Spilman Read the review. Originally published on the The Old Salt Blog |
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A review of Maragaret Muir's Floating Gold by Astrodene and a review by Richard Spilman Read the review. Originally published in the Old Salt Blog |
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Useful Links |
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Bulmer was born in London, married with one son and two daughters though he later divorced. He lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent and was one of the most prolific authors of Science Fiction. He wrote hundreds of novels under more than a dozen pseudonyms.
Harknett is a British author, born 1936 in Essex. He is author of almost 200 books, mostly pulp novels in the western and crime genres and he has also written as a ghostwriter for Peter Haining.
