He joined the merchant navy at the age of sixteen and spent much of his early life at sea. Our hero becomes the captain of a sinking ship and the start of his troubles. Forester urged pope to try his hand at fiction and saw the younger writer as his literary heir. Book is in good condition with no missing pages, no damage or soiling and tight spine. Oct 23, 2000 its quite amazing how long i have been reading the dudley pope series of ramage books and never owned this one, the beginning so to speak. Great descriptive narrative coming from a mind with a vast knowledge of many subjects, all authors covering this period of naval warfare throw an awful lot of cannon balls about, unlike most who settle for describing them by weight alone pope takes the time to relate the various weights to everyday objects which makes it far. Explore books by dudley pope with our selection at.
The book is an easy readnot so much detail or naval jargon that the reader gets lost. Pope weaves them together with no loss of the story. Dudley pope s writing style gives a lot of pleasure to his readers. See all books authored by dudley pope, including ramage, and ramage and the drum beat, and more on.
I own about 10 in paperback but its only since i have started using kindle that i have started collecting the rest. Electronic books are available in txt, djvu, epub, pdf formats, etc. Ramage is suddenly caught behind enemy lines when on honeymoon in france, as the peace of amien unexpectedly ends. Popes ramage is a believable character and the history is accurate and fun to read. The complete series list for the lord ramage novels dudley pope. Dudley pope ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. I was excited when dudley popes series was available in ebook format. Its quite amazing how long i have been reading the dudley pope series of ramage books and never owned this one, the beginning so to speak. The lord ramage novels series in order dudley pope. Dudley popes writing style gives a lot of pleasure to his readers.
I was excited when dudley pope s series was available in ebook format. Publication date 2000 topics ramage, nicholas fictitious character. Ramage s relationship to jackson reminds me of aubrey and his close ties to some of his sailors. Sophocles the oedipus cycle dudley fitts pdf download. Ramage is a lord and his father is a disgraced naval officer but not by deed. Mcbooks press captain lord ramage and the calypso return from devils island, but ramages new wife sarah is missing. This version of ramage was unreadable on my mac, ipad, iphone or kindle even after trying several book reading apps. Apparently its a nook only version when i contacted the book seller i got no response. Read ramage by dudley pope available from rakuten kobo. Pope began what was to become an impressive series with ramage 1965 and, over the next 24 years, produced 17 more novels tracing lord ramage s career. Forester to try his hand at fiction as he saw the younger writer as his literary heir. N, the battle of the river plate, the ramage touch, convoy, ramage, admiral dudley pope open library donate. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
One of the advantages of ebooks is that you can download ramages devil the lord ramage novels volume pdf along with hundreds of other books into your device and adjust the font size, the brightness of the backlight, and other parameters to make the reading comfortable. Nicholas ramage, commander of his majestys cutter kathleen, will enjoy a highly successful career and survive some of the most perilous adventures experienced by any british naval officer. Captain lord ramage and the calypso return from want to read. As in all these series the hero has a cross to bear, and ramage s is his aristocratic, naval background complicated by his fathers disgrace and dishonourable discharge. Governor ramage the lord ramage novels book 4 ebook. The lord ramage novels series in order dudley pope fictiondb. Dudley pope books dudley pope dudley pope ramage pope benedict xvi books robert dudley elementary number theory dudley pdf sophocles the oedipus cycle dudley fitts pdf research methods for social work dudley wonthaggi secondary college dudley campus download. This acclaimed book by dudley pope is available at in several formats for your ereader. Pope lets fly with the action and political intrigue. He went on to write carefully researched naval history and was urged by c. This book starts when he is a junior officer on a ship between corsica and italy and is in the fight for its life. Dudley pope has 56 books on goodreads with 21499 ratings.
His first book, flag 4, was published in 1954, followed by several other historical accounts. Sep 04, 1989 this is the first novel in the ramage series that i have to say i did not enjoy. He was torpedoed during the second world war and resulting spinal inj. He was particularly very famous for writing the lord ramage book series and the ned yorke series of novels. As in all these series the hero has a cross to bear, and ramages is his aristocratic, naval background complicated by his fathers disgrace and dishonourable discharge. Dudley pope was a renowned author of the british origin, who was well known for writing historical fiction and nautical fiction books. Nicholas ramage was born in 1775 at blazey hall in cornwall. This book reminds me a little of hornblower, but ramage, as both a book and character, is a lot more interesting than hornblower. And, interestingly, it is the last of the series that dudley pope wrote. This is the first novel in the ramage series that i have to say i did not enjoy. Were featuring millions of their reader ratings on our book pages to help you find your new favourite book. Our digital library saves in combination countries, allowing you to get the most less latency period to download any of our books similar to this one.
Dudley pope dudley bernard egerton pope 19251997 served as a merchant navy midshipman during wwii and in 1944 became a naval defence correspondent of the london evening news. There is more than one event ongoing in the book, though not all at the same time. Pope s ramage is a believable character and the history is accurate and fun to read. Dudley pope author alexander kent author of introduction, etc.
Ramages relationship to jackson reminds me of aubrey and his close ties to some of his sailors. Pope began what was to become an impressive series with ramage 1965 and, over the next 24 years, produced 17 more novels tracing lord ramages career. The young lieutenant takes up special orders direct from nelson himself which bring news of a mission close to his own heart. Buy dudley pope ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Dudley bernard egerton pope 29 december 1925 25 april 1997 was a british writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his lord ramage series of. Dudley pope published on 20000401 by mcbooks press. The special orders come direct from nelson himself and contain news of the kind of mission close to young lt. As france recovers from her bloody revolution, napoleon is amassing his armies for the great invasion. It is probably because it is the last book of the series dudley pope died before writing another book after the first books read 17 of the 18 i remember i was happy to see the hero does not get a promotion after each book.
Merely said, the ramage the lord novels 1 dudley pope is universally compatible in. Dudley bernard egerton pope was born in 1925 into an ancient cornish seafaring family. They have been assigned to escort a trade convoy across the caribbean from barbados to jamaica, along with several frigates and the admirals flagship. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. I found that there is an inordinate amount of dialogue both between characters in the book and as thoughts by ramage or one of the other characters. Another pretty good series, though pope did get a bit formulaic towards the end. Ramages mutiny by dudley pope overdrive rakuten overdrive. The story opens up with a sea battle and our ship sinking. The story chronicles his escape and dashing adventures in true ramage style. I read this book a while ago and cannot believe i never added it to my library. The first of the dudley pope ramage series is not bad as an adventureatsea novel, but it is not great either.
Ramage series by dudley pope free ebooks download ebookee. Dudley pope books list of books by author dudley pope. Nicholas, lord ramage is a fictional character, the protagonist of a series of sea novels written by dudley pope. Dudley pope was an experienced naval officer, journalist and historian who has delighted generations of readers with thrilling stories of high adventure at sea. For information after this period, see the respective summaries of the books. This was pope s first novel of ultimately nearly 20 about lord ramage, a character who seems based like obriens lucky jack aubrey somewhat on the real lord cochran. In response to the novel, orville prescott wrote that dudley pope has kept his story scudding along before a fine wind, and therewith predict that lieut. Mcbooks press captain lord ramage and the calypso return from devils island, but ramage s new wife sarah is missing. Read ramage and the dido by dudley pope for online ebook. It gets off to a hurtling start as ramage comes to in the midst of total chaos, on a sinking ship littered with dead and wounded, and is told hes in command. This book starts when he is a junior officer on a ship between. I found that there is an inordinate amount of dialogue both between characters in the book and as.
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