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1795 and Britain is at War with Revolutionary France. The Navy maintains a blockade of French ports but one day events change the life of Lieutenant Giles Courtenay, First-Lieutenant of the SEAGULL, a sloop of 22 guns. As a result he is promoted to command her and takes her to Antigua, there to assist with the enternal fight against the French, pirates, privateers and LE CORSAIR a particularly vicious pirate terrorising the Islands. Much close action, hand to hand combat and broadsides a-plenty as Courtenay tracks down his quarry for one last bloody embrace.
THE SEAGULL AND LECORSAIR COURTENAY Book 1 edition by Brian Withecombe Literature Fiction eBooks
I am a fan of Age of Sail fiction and Mr. Withecombe’s series is certainly worthy of joining Lambdin, Kent, Forester et al.Giles Courtenay, the main protagonist of this series, begins the series already as a commander, which is a little later than most of his contemporaries; he is sent to the West Indies to help in the war against both the French and privateers and a satisfactory mixture of action and derring do ensues.
The geography is accurate, the late eighteenth century is well described and the author has a good knowledge of sailing. All of this serves to make an authentic and very readable introduction to the series.
As mentioned above, this is in fact the first book of a whole series comprising nigh on a dozen books now and charting the rise of Courtenay from Lieutenant to high rank; I have only just reached The Greek Warrior myself but I know that there are at least two other volumes after this; actually this leads me to a question for the author:
From the descriptions of the books, the Return of the Warrior (which is the book just after the Greek Warrior) ends at roughly 1803 or thereabouts. The book after that, Courtenay’s Pendant, takes us all the way to 1813. Are there plans to publish any Courtenay books in the interim? Such as Courtenay at Trafalgar, the obvious one, or at the Battle of Santo Domingo or in the Indian Ocean?
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THE SEAGULL AND LECORSAIR COURTENAY Book 1 edition by Brian Withecombe Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
great story en joyed reading it
This is a great book.I have been reading sail war books for thirty years.The book and series has been one of my favorites. looking forward to next book in series.I rate this series up with kent and popes'.
More upbeat than normal historical fiction of this period, but well written! Thoroughly enjoyable and makes you want to read the series
The whole Courtney series is a real well written series, As fan of HMS naval history, I thought it was very true era of Wooden sailing ships and men of iron. The series is an equal to Alexander Kent. Dewey Lambdin, etal.
This may be the first book written in the series but there is a later book about Courtney as a midshipman. I am burning through these really good and well written nautical historical fiction. There is not so much history in these other than in a very general way but none the less I have enjoyed them quite a bit. I keep thinking that I have read all of this genre that there is but I keep running into more of this type fiction and Courtney is a good as any of them.
I'm sorry, that I couldn't bring myself to finish this book.
I am an avid reader of all authors of Napoleonic war at sea, but I can't understand how the editors let this mishmash of poor formatting get by.
The storyline was a tried and true one, but here it came across as a screenplay for an Erroll Flynn swashbuckler.
The ships seemed to maneuver like modern warships instead of vessels at the mercy of winds, the battles never seemed to be in doubt, the captain spent most of his time in shirt-sleeves with his hair blowing in the wind, and the interactions between superior officers were ridiculous and unrelated to the social mores of the times.
...oh well.
I hesitated a long time before buying this book because I was immersed in the Bolitho series. I apparently was ready for a break. Man, did I get one. This is a very good start for a series and if the rest is just as enjoyable, then I will be very satisfied. The action starts with a boom and continues. The good fortune to survive is predictable but well done. The action scenes are well researched and well written. I like how Courtenay interacts with his officers and men as opposed to the stiffness of Hornblower. As a military officer, I know we succeed or fail on the strengths or weaknesses of our subordinates and the extent of loyalty they have for us. All-in-all a very good read. However, the proof-reading and grammatical errors do detract somewhat. I bet the paper novel is much more professionally done.
I am a fan of Age of Sail fiction and Mr. Withecombe’s series is certainly worthy of joining Lambdin, Kent, Forester et al.
Giles Courtenay, the main protagonist of this series, begins the series already as a commander, which is a little later than most of his contemporaries; he is sent to the West Indies to help in the war against both the French and privateers and a satisfactory mixture of action and derring do ensues.
The geography is accurate, the late eighteenth century is well described and the author has a good knowledge of sailing. All of this serves to make an authentic and very readable introduction to the series.
As mentioned above, this is in fact the first book of a whole series comprising nigh on a dozen books now and charting the rise of Courtenay from Lieutenant to high rank; I have only just reached The Greek Warrior myself but I know that there are at least two other volumes after this; actually this leads me to a question for the author
From the descriptions of the books, the Return of the Warrior (which is the book just after the Greek Warrior) ends at roughly 1803 or thereabouts. The book after that, Courtenay’s Pendant, takes us all the way to 1813. Are there plans to publish any Courtenay books in the interim? Such as Courtenay at Trafalgar, the obvious one, or at the Battle of Santo Domingo or in the Indian Ocean?
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