Governor Ramage R.N.

By: Dudley Pope

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Lieutenant Lord Ramage, in command of the Triton brig, is escorting a convoy from Barbados to Jamaica, normally a routine and tedious chore. But this time Ramage has to be especially vigilant to guard the convoy's precious cargo - a family of important French refugees.

©1973 Dudley Pope (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Great description of a hurricane

This is the fourth book in the Lord Ramage series. Ramage is in command of the brig HMS Triton. They have been assigned to escort a trade convoy across the Caribbean from Barbados to Jamaica, along with several frigates and the Admiral’s flagship.

Pope lets fly with the action and political intrigue. A French privateer cons his way into the convoy and attempts to capture a precious cargo. An unseasonable hurricane puts everyone in danger. The HMS Triton is dismasted and is at the mercy of winds and currents. They become shipwrecked on a hostile shore. Ramage and crew capture a Spanish garrison, find a Spanish treasure and capture a Spanish cargo ship to get them to Jamaica. Oh, after all that he is then court-martialed and Pope writes a great court scene.

The book is lots of fun, sort of impossible adventures by Ramage and crew. The book is well written and moves at a fast pace with lots of sailing and Royal Navy lore. Steven Crossley narrated the book.

Highly recommend.

I wish I had this book when I had been an adolescent. What a pleasure.

The hero and the villain.

I know the series is a fairytale, but I enjoy reading it. The author gets away with it for two reasons; first, his heroes are much larger than life and his villains are completely despicable. And the hero always gets the girl. Second he has a literary skill, when he describes the sky or the waves breaking on shore or the dawn that draws you in. Very entertaining, just what you need from an audible performance. And I think the narrator feels the same way I do because he treats his subject with respect and style.

another good book in the series

you have to remember that these books are over 50 years old so they are written in the mid to late sixties and some in the 70s, it's a classic adventure story with a focus on the Napoleonic wars and the British royal Navy.... it follows characters in The classic series sense from their early career as midshipmen all the way to admiral...... it's pretty much g-rated where the hero saves the Day... a little more sophisticated than Hornblower but the same type of story kind of like the Lord of the rings or some of the period westerns of Lewis L'Amour. my father turned me on to these books a long time ago, I haven't read them in a long time and it's refreshing to listen to him it's a good performance....