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Slide 1: Ramage & the Freebooters (The Lord Ramage Novels) by Dudley Pope As Good As The Last Two. Read Also The Black Ship, By Pope The lieutenant is summoned by the Admiralty and given command of the brig, Triton. But like the rest of the Navy, Tritons crew has mutinied. Sympathizing with some of their complaints, Ramage also knows that if he fails to deliver three sealed dispatches to admirals off Brest and Cadiz, and in the Caribbean, he will become a convenient scapegoat. Personal Review: Ramage & the Freebooters (The Lord Ramage Novels) by Dudley Pope . ********************************************** Review of the Ramage series of novels:
Slide 2: Don't read this until you have read the first book: Ramage and Ramage and the Drumbeat by Dudley Pope. Also included below a partial review of The Black Ship, also by Pope about a factual mutiny. Book 1: Ramage Book 2: Ramage and the Drumbeat Book 3: Ramage and the Freebooters Book 4: Governor Ramage RN Book 5: Ramage's Prize Book 6: Ramage and the Guillotine Order them all, because you won't want to stop. The action is fast and furious. This is third in a series of historical fiction by Dudley Pope. All of these are fictional novels based on British Admiralty records of the Napoleonic era. Written in the best tradition of Forester and O'Brien, these books will capture your imagination. And if you haven't read the Hornblower series by Forester, or the Aubrey/Maturin series by O'Brien, try them also. All of these are excellent books that you will treasure and reread. I particularly like these books by Pope. I recommend that you buy them all at once and read them in order. You will be glad you did. If you enjoy reading accurate descriptions of naval maneuvers in the age of sail, or simply a good adventure yarn, Dudley Pope delivers. Pope conveys how the best of the best, handle emergency situations. He portrays these situations with realism and authenticity. Review of this book: Ramage, is given command of the Triton with orders to deliver a warning to three offshore fleets that the fleet in homeport has mutinied. His first job is to get the Triton under way and he comes up with a surprise to get the mutinous Triton's out of port. Even then he still has to hold the crew together and build their loyalty. Then upon arriving in the West Indies, he is given a mission and set up by his admiral to take a fall and must gamble against the odds to be successful. Buy the series in the hard cover--worth keeping and handing down. For more historical information about mutiny in history, read the factual story of the most notorious mutiny of all time in the, The Black Ship by Dudley Pope. It gives keen insight into the conditions of the time, an analysis of the mind of a heartless Captain whose floggings often resulted
Slide 3: in the deaths of his men, the terrrible casualty rates due to Yellow Fever, and the gruesome deaths of the officers. One horrific tale, but if you have the stomach for it, well worth reading. For More 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price: Ramage & the Freebooters (The Lord Ramage Novels) by Dudley Pope 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price!