Ramage And The Guillotine
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (509 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1842324748 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Matthew Rayle said Great book!. A truly great read and worth every penny! I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys naval and historical fiction!. Great book! A truly great read and worth every penny! I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys naval and historical fiction!
Lieutenant Ramage is chosen to travel to France and embark upon the perilous quest of spying on the great Napoleon. His mission is to determine the strength of the French troops, but his discovery will mean the guillotine.. News in England is sketchy and the navy must prepare to defend the land from foreign attack. As France recovers from her bloody Revolution, Napoleon is amassing his armies for the Great Invasion
He lived aboard boats whenever possible, and most of his adult life was spent in the Caribbean. He died in 1997 at the age of seventy-one.. He was torpedoed during the Second World War and resulting spinal injuries plagued him for the rest of his life. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen and spent much of his early life at sea. In 1965, he wrote Ramage
He was torpedoed during the Second World War and resulting spinal injuries plagued him for the rest of his life. In 1965, he wrote Ramage, the first of a highly successful series of novels. Another renowned series is centered on Ned Yorke, a buccaneer in the seventeenth-century Caribbean. Toward the end of the war, Pope turned to journalism, and also researched naval history and in time became an authority on the Napoleonic era and Nelson's exploits, resulting in several well-received volumes, especially