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Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures, Book 5
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Chris Durbin
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The French called it La Forteresse Maudite, the Cursed Fortress. Louisbourg stood at the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, massive and impregnable, a permanent provocation to the British colonies. It was Canada’s first line of defence, guarding the approaches to Quebec, from where all New France lay open to invasion. It had to fall before a British fleet could be sent up the St. Lawrence. Otherwise, there would be no resupply and no line of retreat; Canada would become the graveyard of George II’s navy. A failed attempt on Louisbourg in 1757 had only stiffened the government’s resolve; the Cursed Fortress must fall in 1758. Captain Carlisle’s frigate joins the blockade of Louisbourg before winter’s icy grip has eased. Battling fog, hail, rain, frost and snow, suffering scurvy and fevers, and with a constant worry about the wife he left behind in Virginia, Carlisle will face his greatest test of leadership and character yet.
The Cursed Fortress is the fifth of the Carlisle & Holbrooke naval adventures. The series follows the two men through the Seven Years War and into the period of turbulent relations between Britain and her American colonies in the 1760s.
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October 1772, Portsmouth. Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho waits to join the Gorgon, ordered to sail to the west coast of Africa and to destroy those who challenge the King's Navy. For Bolitho, and for many of the crew, it is a severe and testing initiation into the game of seamanship.
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- De Robert Bolin en 08-26-16
De: Alexander Kent
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Under Enemy Colors
- De: S. Thomas Russell
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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At the time of the French Revolution, one of Britain's most skillful naval officers, Charles Saunders Hayden, is a young lieutenant, the son of an English father and a French mother. His abilities and his loyalty to the king of England are beyond dispute, yet his career seems doomed by his "mixed" heritage and lack of political connections. Consequently, Hayden is assigned to an aging frigate, the Themis, under the command of Captain Josiah Hart, a man known as "Faint Hart" throughout the service.
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- De Blackmac en 08-07-08
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James Cook
- The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Michael Carman
- Duración: 21 h y 23 m
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The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost mariner, scientist, navigator and cartographer of his era, and to personally map a third of the globe. His great voyages of discovery were incredible feats of seamanship and navigation.
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Great. But...
- De Virgil Tracy en 05-01-21
De: Peter FitzSimons
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The Real Hornblower
- The Life and Times of Admiral Sir James Gordon
- De: Bryan Perrett
- Narrado por: Ron Bottitta
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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In this thoroughly researched book the author argues convincingly that Forester's model was Adm. James Gordon, a flesh-and-blood hero of Nelson's navy. Gordon entered the Royal Navy as a semi-literate eleven-year-old and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet. He took part in major sea battles, frigate actions, single-ship duels, and operations far behind enemy lines. It was the fire of Gordon's ships against Fort McHenry that inspired the American national anthem.
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- De Byron en 03-27-19
De: Bryan Perrett
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Stars & Stripes Forever
- A Novel of Alternate History
- De: Harry Harrison
- Narrado por: Robin Bloodworth
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In a war room in Washington, William Tecumseh Sherman and General Robert E. Lee huddle together and plan their next, joint military operation. In the jungles of Mexico, Ulysses S. Grant is locked in brutal combat with the best of the British Army. And in the heart of the new American South a fragile peace is threatened...
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Terrific alternate history
- De Michael Jacobi en 10-02-15
De: Harry Harrison
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Two Years Before the Mast
- De: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrado por: David McCallion
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Two Years Before the Mast is an American classic published in 1840. This is the account of Richard Henry Dana’s two-year adventure as a sailor. Throughout his time sailing around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim, Dana kept a diary, and on his return to Massachusetts, he wrote this now-loved classic. While attending Harvard College, Dana was stricken with measles, which would ultimately have a detrimental effect on his eyesight.
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Brilliant
- De scott m en 03-12-19
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Valcour
- The 1776 Campaign that Saved the Cause of Liberty
- De: Jack Kelly
- Narrado por: David Colacci
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During the summer of 1776, a British incursion from Canada loomed. In response, citizen soldiers of the newly independent nation mounted a heroic defense. Patriots constructed a small fleet of gunboats on Lake Champlain in northern New York and confronted the Royal Navy in a desperate three-day battle near Valcour Island. Their effort surprised the arrogant British and forced the enemy to call off their invasion.
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well written, well read story
- De wylie smith en 04-09-22
De: Jack Kelly
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The Good Shepherd
- De: C.S. Forester
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
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A convoy of 37 merchant ships is ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas during the most critical days of World War II, when the German submarines had the upper hand and Allied shipping was suffering heavy losses. In charge is Commander George Krause, an untested veteran of the US Navy. Hounded by a wolf pack of German U-boats, he faces 48 hours of desperate peril trapped the bridge of the ship. Exhausted beyond measure, he must make countless and terrible decisions as he leads his small fighting force against the relentless U-boats.
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The Good Shepherd
- De BookReader en 07-16-20
De: C.S. Forester
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The King's Coat
- De: Dewey Lambdin
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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It is 1780, and 17-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of naval discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding - rather unexpectedly - that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy pleasures of the port and the raging battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise.
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"Sex, Swords, Sailing Ships"
- De Andrew en 05-16-10
De: Dewey Lambdin
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To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth
- The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship—and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War
- De: Tom Clavin, Phil Keith
- Narrado por: Joe Knezevich
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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On June 19, 1864, just off the coast of France, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. On a clear day with windswept skies, the dreaded Confederate raider Alabama faced the Union warship Kearsarge in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish, the outcome of which would effectively end the threat of the Confederacy on the high seas.
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check this out from the library if you really want to read it
- De coffeedave en 03-14-25
De: Tom Clavin, y otros
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Captain James Cook
- De: Rob Mundle
- Narrado por: Paul English
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
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Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time. Over three remarkable voyages of discovery into the Pacific in the latter part of the 18th century, Cook unravelled the oldest mystery surrounding the existence of Terra Australis Incognita - the Great South Land. He became the first explorer to circumnavigate New Zealand and establish that it was two main islands; discover the Hawaiian Islands for the British Empire; and left an enduring legacy.
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High school history text?
- De peter en 08-31-22
De: Rob Mundle
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The Catalpa Rescue
- The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Michael Carman
- Duración: 16 h y 20 m
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history. Boston, 1869. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa, risking his life to rescue the men from the prison, known among the inmates as 'a living tomb'.
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Terrific yarn
- De Garrett en 05-13-19
De: Peter FitzSimons
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John Paul Jones
- Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
- De: Evan Thomas
- Narrado por: Dan Cashman
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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John Paul Jones is more than a great sea story. Jones is a character for the ages. John Adams called him the "most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American Navy." The renewed interest in the Founding Fathers reminds us of the great men who made this country, but John Paul Jones teaches us that it took fighters as well as thinkers, men driven by dreams of personal glory as well as high-minded principle to break free of the past and start a new world. Jones' spirit was classically American.
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Swashbuckler or Saviour
- De Bruce en 03-16-04
De: Evan Thomas
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-23
Fantastic nautical fiction series
Set during The French & Indian War and the Era immediately preceding the American Revolution.
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- Ross
- 05-02-23
Looking forward to the next installment!
Been loving the series ever since I first discovered it!
If I could levy any criticism, it is this: I don't *love* David Pusey's performance. Every now and then, he makes a mistake on pronunciation or cadence that takes me out of the narrative - still better than I could do though!
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- David
- 04-25-24
Good character, work, good story telling
If the standard for these series is Hornblower,  these are holding up just fine. Good
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- David
- 04-17-24
Great storyline
Good flow. Some slower spots but a blockade would be hard to make completely thrilling. Well done sir
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