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March 2011

Last month I was privileged to get an interview with M. Howard Morgan on the launch of his new novel about the Royal Marines 'First Fleet'.

Authors advise me that there should be two new novels out this month although final publication dates are still awaited.

Brief information is given below with links to the full website articles.

Recent Latest Release Articles

This month articles have appeared about the following books which have been published or are available for pre-order

Non Fiction

HMS Victory - First-Rate

HMS Victory - First-Rate (Paperback) by Jonathan Eastland & Iain Ballantyne

It is due for release on 17 March 2011 in the UK and in April in the US.

HMS Warrior - Ironclad

HMS Warrior - Ironclad (Paperback) by Wynford Davies

It is due for release on 17 March 2011 in the UK and in April in the US.

Featured Author

Each month I provide a short bio of one of the authors on the site. This month we will look at Charles E. Friend

Charles E. Friend is the author of numerous non-fiction works and several novels. He is a dedicated student of the history of the American West, and has lived in both Arizona and Texas, where he acquired much of the background for his novels which are mostly western stories.

However he has also written one historic naval fiction book set during the American fight for independance, 'All the Proud Ships: A Novel of the American Revolution'

Books with a release date this month

First editions or first paperback releases this month

Fiction

 

The Perfect Wreck: "Old Ironsides" and H.M.S. Java, 1812 by Steven Maffeo will be available Worldwide in Paperback. The Author currently estimates that this book will be available in March though final details are awaited.

  Hearts of Oak by M. Kei, book 4 in his Sallee Rovers series. The Author currently estimates that this book will be available in March though final details are awaited.
A Battle Won

A Battle Won by S. Thomas Russell (Paperback - UK)

It is due for release on 17 March 2011

Non Fiction

HMS Victory - First-Rate

HMS Victory - First-Rate by Jonathan Eastland & Iain Ballantyne (Paperback - UK)

It is due for release on 17 March 2011.

HMS Warrior - Ironclad

HMS Warrior - Ironclad by Wynford Davies (Paperback - UK)

It is due for release on 17 March 2011.

Author Interviews Last Month

First Fleet

 

M. Howard Morgan, author of First Fleet

Among the questions asked were:

How did you undertake your research into the early colonisation of Australia?

What intrigues you about the Royal Marines in the period in which Jack Vizzard lived?

Read more

 

 

Book Reviews

mendey1

A review of M. Howard Morgan's First Fleet

Read the review.

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