George Westropp

George Edwardson is the 'nom de plume' of George Westropp, a former Fleet Street financial journalist and writer of naval and military historical novels and fly fishing and children's books. Based in the South England, he is an amateur historian and genealogist.

AOS Naval Fiction

Series: The Wharton Series
Wharton : Wharton has no idea when he joins the Royal Navy that he is soon to take part in some of the greatest sea battles.
Majestic : Wounded by an exploding cannon, Wharton recovers to take command of a battery of guns
Ajax : A surprise secondment to the fast brig-sloop HMS Cynthia
Goliath : The big question was how long the Treaty of Amiens would last
Leopard : 1804: Wharton takes command of HMS Leopard straight off the slipway at Woolwich.
Warlord : Warlord is bound for the West Indies to seek and destroy the French naval squadrons
Courageous : Wharton is directed to the Adriatic to gather intelligence about the French
Titan : Wharton is posted to command the 74-gun third-rate battleship HMS Titan
Wharton's Revenge : 1810: A powerful squadron of French frigates is about to break out from Brest
Jupiter : 1811: Wharton RN and his new ship HMS Jupiter, a 50-gun fourth-rate, are sent to the Adriatic
Dominion : Wharton and Dominion are sent to the Baltic
Defiant: The Battle of the Java Sea : Wharton’s ships Defiant and Dauntless sail to Batavia
Triumph : 1815: Wharton is sent with his own squadron on an urgent mission to protect the West Indies
Wharton's Mission : Wharton is tasked with securing a peace treaty with the Dey of Algiers
 
Series: The Sea Officer
Set Course for Trafalgar : Based on the extraordinary true naval career of Irish sailor Amos Freeman Westropp
Clear for Action : Continues the extraordinary true naval career of the Irish sailor Amos Freeman Westropp

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