Ramage's Trial

by Dudley Pope

The Lord Ramage Novels (14)

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Captain Lord Ramage and the Calypso return from Devil's Island, but Ramage's new wife Sarah is missing. The captain would like nothing better than to sail home immediately, but instead he is ordered to shepherd a lumbering convoy of merchant ships back to England. On the way, bizarre events lead him to a full court martial in Plymouth, presided over by his old nemesis, Rear-Admiral Goddard. Ramage must clear his name-or face a sentence of death!

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Only Ramage could get fired upon by another British frigate and end up as the defendant in another court-martial presided over by the evil Adm Goddard. Whiz bang, and mostly feasible ending.
Excellent series, sometimes based upon actual events. Always a good story with interesting characters, puzzling quandaries and sometimes quirky solutions. Age of sail tyros should read early in their literary questing for his knowledge and insights into fighting, sailing and British Navy life during these quite fascinating times. Many set in the Caribbean where Pope lived for most of his writing career enabling him to provide very helpful maps, not often found in fiction, for his scenarios.scenarios.
Ramage is assigned to lead a convoy of merchants from Barbados to England. He encounters a British ship which fires on the Calypso. The captain is obviously mad but none of the crew will admit that they fired. Once in England the mad captain accuses Ramage of illegally seizing control of his ship. The court martial is run by an old enemy and the case seems hopeless.
Another satisfying Pope story...I will read this series to the end/
Na het verlaten van Devil's Island doet Ramage Barbados aan. Hij is ontzet als hij merkt dat dat er een vloot van handelsschepen ligt te wachten op een fregat om hen naar Engeland te escorteren.
Hij is voorbereid op de onophoudelijke, hinderlijke vertragingen en frustraties van een groep slecht uitgeruste en slecht bemande schepen.
Hij is voorbereid op hun onvermogen of tegenzin om bij de rest van het konvooi te blijven.
Hij is niet voorbereid op een incident zo bizar dat hij voor een volledige krijgsraad moet komen als hij uiteindelijk in Engeland aankomt.

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Author Dudley Pope was born in Ashford, Kent, England on December 29, 1925. At the age of 16, he joined the Navy as a midshipman, but was invalided out when his ship was torpedoed the next year. He became a journalist for a newspaper in Kent and in 1944, became the naval and defense correspondent for the London Evening News. In 1954, he published show more his first book, Flag 4, which was followed by other books on historical accounts. He is best known for his Nicholas Ramage series, which follows the exploits of Lord Nicholas Ramage during the Napoleonic Wars. The first book of this 18-book series was published in 1965. He died on April 25, 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original publication date
1984
People/Characters
Nicholas Ramage
Important events
Napoleonic Wars

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6066 .O5 .R39Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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