Touch and Go

by C. Northcote Parkinson

Overview

With his Royal Navy commission in hand, Richard Delancey is posted to Gibraltar to command the sloop Merlin for convoy protection in the Mediterranean. Overcoming problems with his crew, Delancey quickly proves his mettle during the siege of Valletta and during the battle at Cadiz.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590130254
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2003
Series:	The Richard Delancey Novels , #4
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Cyril Northcote Parkinson pursued a distinguished academic career on both sides of the Atlantic and first became famous for "Parkinson's Law"—work expands to fill the time allotted to it. Parkinson wrote many books on British politics and economics. His first fictional effort, a "biography" of Horatio Hornblower, met with considerable acclaim and led to the Richard Delancey series. C. Northcote Parkinson died in 1993.

Editorial Reviews

Most fictional heroes of the Napoleonic Wars at sea are as wooden as their ships, a generalisation from which Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and Professor Parkinson's Richard Delancey can be exempted.

The Observer

A historical novelist in the best traditions of C.S. Forester and Alexander Kent.

Time and Tide

The sharp tang of powder and tar and salty sea along with the boom of the cannon and shouts of men in battle.

The Dallas Morning News

Authentic naval adventure. .. full of action.

London Sunday Times

If you enjoy salty tales told by the man who knows the sea, British history, as well as words, winches and wimbrels, Devil to Pay will see you through a fine evening handily.

Portland (Maine) Sunday Telegram

[Parkinson's] knowledge of the naval world of the Napoleonic era was encyclopaedic; his understanding of ships and seamen, of politics, strategy and trade almost unrivalled.

David Powell

[Parkinson's] knowledge of the naval world of the Napoleonic era was encyclopaedic; his understanding of ships and seamen, of politics, strategy and trade almost unrivalled.  —David Powell, Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers

From the Publisher

The sharp tang of powder and tar and salty sea along with the boom of the cannon and shouts of men in battle.

Dallas Morning News