The Shadow of the Eagle: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel

by Richard Woodman

Overview

It is 1814 and Napoleon has abdicated as Emperor of the French. King Louis XVIII is brought out of his English exile and escorted back to France by an Allied squadron commanded by the Duke of Clarence. The "Great War" is at an end and Europe prepares to celebrate the return of legitimate monarchy.
But the victorious Allies are increasingly suspicious of one another. Alexander I, the capricious Tsar of Russia, believes he is the savior of the world, while Great Britain—whose sea power has guaranteed victory at sea and contributed to the military success of Russia, Austria, and Prussia—remains at war with the United States of America. Out of the ashes of defeat, France’s greatest survivor, Talleyrand, prepares to restore his beaten country to the forefront of European politics. Amid this upheaval, discontented Bonapartists plot to restore the eagle whose shadow still lies across the continent.
Attending King Louis, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is alarmed to receive secret intelligence that a new and imminent threat exists to peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493071494
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/02/2023
Series:	Nathaniel Drinkwater Novels , #13
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	270
Sales rank:	580,534
File size:	1 MB

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."

Editorial Reviews

Well written and exciting.

Latitudes & Attitudes

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

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

Oxford Times

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

Guernsey Evening Press

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

Publishing News

Action to the bone, no romantic bilgewater

Observer