A Private Revenge: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel

by Richard Woodman

Overview

In the aftermath of a typhoon, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater brings his Britannic Majesty’s frigate Patrician into the shelter of the Pearl River upon the China Coast. He is entangled in bizarre events following the British occupation of Macao and Admiral Drury’s attack on Canton. Initially relieved to be assigned the duty of a convoy escort to Penang, Drinkwater discovers that the enemy’s cargo contains a mysterious quantity of silver and a single passenger. A routine task is suddenly complicated by the resurrection of an embittered hatred and Captain Drinkwater finds himself drawn in by treachery and greed towards a climatic rendezvous in the tropical rain forest of Borneo.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493071463
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2022
Series:	Nathaniel Drinkwater Novels , #9
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	200,259
File size:	867 KB

About the Author

Captain Richard Martin Woodman retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical career. Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater series is often compared to the work of the late Patrick O'Brian. Woodman is the author of some two dozen nautical novels, as well as several nonfiction books. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, such as C.S. Forester or O'Brian, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and spent eleven years in command. His experience ranges from cargo-liners to ocean weather ships and specialist support vessels to yachts, square-riggers, and trawlers. Said Lloyd's List of his work: "As always, Richard Woodman's story is closely based on actual historical events. All this we have come to expect—and he adds that special ambience of colourful credibility which makes his nautical novels such rattling good reads."

Table of Contents

A Private Revenge: Contents

PART ONE: THE DAMOCLEAN SWORD

The Typhoon

1 The Brig

2 New Orders

3 Whampoa

4 The Dragon's Roar

5 The Matter of Morale

6 The Concerns of a Convoy

7 Morris

8 Fair Winds and Foul Tempers

9 Infirmities of Character

10 A Small Victory

11 Blood and Rain

PART TWO: NEMESIS

12 A Council of War

13 A Round Robin

14 The Winds of Fortune

15 The Bronze-bound Chests

16 Blow-pipe Creek

17 The Gates of the Fortress

18 Pursuit

PART THREE: A PRIVATE REVENGE

19 The Tripod

20 A Forlorn Hope

21 A Private Revenge

22 Penang

Author's Note

Editorial Reviews

Packed with exciting incident worthy of wide appeal to those who love thrilling nautical encounters and the sea.

Nautical Magazine

There is no doubt that Nathaniel Drinkwater rates up there with the best of the nautical world.

Midwest Book Review

Action to the bone, no romantic bilge-water.

Observer

.. . for all who like to read about naval action in the 19th century, told with gusto and bravura.

Publishing News

Brilliantly told. .. the characters are real and lively, the language similar; but above all it is a convincing and compulsive seafaring story.

Oxford Times

In the aftermath of a typhoon, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater brings the HMS frigate Patrician into the shelter of the Pearl River in China, to refit. He is unwittingly entangled in the bizarre events that followed the British occupation of Macao and the attack on the Canton. Well written and exciting.

Latitudes & Attitudes

Woodman knows his ships and the sea and is a craftsman of great ability.

Guernsey Evening Press