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Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML:It is 1792 and Nathaniel Drinkwater is back in the Royal Navy, this time appointed to the twelve-gun cutter Kestrel, commanded by the inscrutable Madoc Griffiths. With the gathering menace of the French Revolution, he is involved in secret and dangerous operations off the French Coast including the rescue of émigrés and the landing of agents.As Europe plunges deeper into war, Kestrel takes part in the struggle for supremacy in the Channel and Drinkwater show more has some sinister encounters with Edouard Santhonax, a man who is stirring up interest with British government agents.
Through Drinkwater's initiative I the network of intrigue is discovered, but the Royal Navy is paralyzed by mutiny. Will Kestrel have to stand alone between the Dutch Fleet and disaster? Events come to a climax at Camperdown and in the aftermath of the bloody battle, Drinkwater and his opponent come face to face.
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I love this genre, although I had a hard time with this book. The sailing talk is too technical for me and there is a lot of it, there are many, many pages in which nothing much happens. Still, I think Nathanial Drinkwater has possibilities as a character, so I plan to read a few more books in this series before I make a final decision on Richard Woodman's books.
Midshipman Drinkwater is back in the Navy in 1792, appointed to the 12-gun cutter Kestral. Off the French coast, the Kestral becomes involved in the secret and dangerous adventures linked with the rescuing of emigres. Drinkwater plays a vital role in the landing of agents.
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Richard Woodman was born in London. England in 1944. He became an indentured midshipman in cargo liners at the age of 16, which resulted in a 37 year nautical career. He became captain in 1980. He spent 11 years in command at sea, 6 years in operational management ashore, and is currently a Board Member of Trinity House, the authority responsible show more for navigational safety round the coast. He is a regular correspondent for the shipping newspaper Lloyd's List. He has written over 50 books, a mixture of fiction and maritime history. His fiction works include the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, A Kit Faulkner Naval Adventure series, and The William Kite Trilogy. He received several awards including the Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award in 2001 for his journalism, the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal in 2005 for three major studies of convoy operations in the Second World War, and the Marine Society's Thomas Gray Medal in 2010 for his five-volume history of the British Merchant Navy. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- A King's Cutter
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Nathaniel Drinkwater
- First words
- 'You will be,' said Lord Dungarth, lifting his hands for emphasis, 'merely the hand of a puppet.'
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