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April 2013Last month I was privileged to get an interview with Helen Hollick to mark the launch of her new novel in the Sea Witch series Ripples in the Sand. There is 1 brand new naval fiction title out this month together with some non-fiction releases. Brief information is given below with links to the full website articles. Important Note! - Future editions of this newsletter will be sent from the email address . It is recommended that you add this to your email safe list to ensure correct delivery. |
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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 latest book in J. D. Davies's Journals of Matthew Quinton, The Lion of Midnight, is now available for pre-order in paperback. It will be released worldwide on 23 April 2013. |
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The latest book in Naomi Novik's fantasy Temeraire series, Blood of Tyrants, is now available for pre-order in hardcover. It will be released worldwide on 13 August 2013. |
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Brian Lavery has a new book The Conquest of the Ocean which is now available for pre-order in hardcover. It will be released worldwide on 1 May 2013. |
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Tom Cunliffe has a new book Pilot Cutters Under Sail: Pilots and Pilotage in Britain and Northern Europe which is now available in the UK in hardcover. It will be released in the US on an unspecified day in April 2013. |
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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 J. E. Fender.
He has written a Historical Naval Fiction series about the adventures of Geoffrey Frost during the Revolutionary War. |
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Books with a release date this monthFirst editions or first paperback releases this month Fiction |
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The Lion of Midnight by J. D. Davies (Paperback - Worldwide) It is due for release on 23 April 2013 |
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Non-Fiction |
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The Merchant Navy by Richard Woodman (Paperback - US) It is due for release on 23 April 2013 Note: The UK release was brought forward from April to March and it is now available |
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Pilot Cutters Under Sail: Pilots and Pilotage in Britain and Northern Europe by Tom Cunliffe (Hardcover - US) It is due for release on an unspecified day in April 2013 |
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| A listing of books to be released in the future is available via the Releases Calendar | ||
Author Interviews Last Month |
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Helen Hollick, author of Ripples in the Sand Among the questions asked were: What led you to the combination of a pirate and a witch for your principal characters? What do you have planned for the future of the Sea Witch series? |
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Book Reviews |
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David Hayes reviews Hornblower and the Island by James Keffer |
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Modern Era |
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| For those interested in nautical literature set in a later period - What's new on the web site this month | ||
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The first book in a new series, The Dawlish Chronicles, by Antoine Vanner starting in 1877 as the adoption of steam ironclads starts to take hold, Britannia's Wolf, is now available in paperback. There is a review of this work by David Hayes |
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HNF Log Book April 2013
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- By: David Hayes
James. E. Fender is Legal Counsel for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the U.S. Navy's oldest shipyard, and has become a noted authority on the history of the shipyard and the port of Portsmouth. He was the first civilian lawyer from the Navy Office of General Counsel to volunteer and be selected to deploy to Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He worked there for six months, serving as the principal fiscal law advisor to US and Iraqi military and civilian leaders.