The Blooding of the Guns: The Everard Naval Series: Volume One
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (545 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1569473137 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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He served in battleships, cruisers, destroyers and submarines and has written many novels about the sea in addition to the nine volumes of the Everard series.. Alexander Fullerton attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, at the age of thirteen
debut of the series. In this first volume, Everard plays a role in the Battle of Jutland, an important and decisive encounter in May 1916 involving 150 British ships and 100 ships from the German High Fleet. The focus is diffuse; instead of concentrating on Nicholas, the author shifts to his brother, David, and his Uncle Hugh, who are also naval officers in the battle but on different ships. Although the volume is far from satisfying, naval adventure series (e.g., Patrick O'Brian's more successful Aubrey-Maturin books) are perennially popular with patrons. Fred Gervat, Concordia Coll., Bronxville, NY Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Although several volumes of Fullerton's naval adventure series have bee
Jeff Threader said Very well researched. The detail is incredible.. Can't think of what else I would add to a novel like this. I like the idea of using fictional ships to develop the action and leave the real ships to do what actually happened. Now if they could only make it into a movie.. "Excellent beginning to this Royal Navy saga" according to greg. Having read all of his Royal Navy saga WWI & II works it must be said they are all very good. Fullerton mixes historically based story lines with realistic character development, love interest and technical details to make a great story. My advice is to start with the first novel, The Blooding of th Guns and work through his chronology.. Great fictional account of the WWI naval battle of Jutland This is a fine fictional account of the Battle of Jutland. Jutland was the one major engagement between the British and German navies in World War I on 30 May, 1916. The clash involved hundreds of ships ranging from small destroyers to 30,000 ton battleships. During the battle the British learned of a major design flaw in their battle cruisers. These ships were lightly armored for speed but armed with large caliber main guns to match battleships. Unfortunately, the magazines were not properly protected from the turrets firing above them and the had a tendency to blowup and disintegrate the entire ship. Most of this novel takes pl
This is naval warfare, as close as one can get without actually having been there.. Young Nicholas Everard distinguishes himself and wins a DSC. On the last day of May 1916, one hundred and fifty British ships, manned by sixty thousand sailors, confronted the German High Sea Fleet of one hundred ships and forty five thousand men in the icy North Sea at the epic battle of Jutland