Alaric Bond was born in Surrey, England, but now lives in Herstmonceux, East Sussex, in a 14th century Wealden Hall House. He is married with two sons. His father was a well known writer, mainly of novels and biographies, although he also wrote several screenplays. He was also a regular contributor to BBC Radio drama (including Mrs Dale’s Diary!), and a founding writer for the Eagle comic. During much of his early life Alaric was hampered by Dyslexia, although he now considers the lateral view this condition gave him to be an advantage. He has been writing professionally for over twenty years with work covering broadcast comedy (commissioned to BBC Light Entertainment for 3 years), periodicals, children’s stories, television, and the stage. He is also a regular contributor to several nautical magazines and newsletters. His interests include the British Navy 1793-1815 and the RNVR during WWII. He regularly gives talks to groups and organizations and is a member of various historical societies including The Historical Maritime Society and the Society for Nautical Research. He also enjoys Jazz, swing and big band music from 1930-1950 (indeed, he has played trombone for over 40 years), sailing, and driving old SAAB convertibles and badgers.
Jackass Frigate
by Alaric Bond
eBook
-
ISBN-13:
9781935585312
- Publisher: Fireship Press
- Publication date: 10/05/2010
- Series: The Fighting Sail Series , #2
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 244
- Sales rank: 75,683
- File size: 6 MB
Available on NOOK devices and apps
Want a NOOK? Explore Now
- Share
- LendMe LendMe™ Learn More
How do you maintain discipline on a ship when someone murders your first lieutenant—and a part of you agrees with their action?
December 1796. It was a time of unrest and discontent for Britain, made even worse by the war with Revolutionary France and the possibility of imminent invasion. Fresh from the dockyard, HMS Pandora, a 28-gun frigate, is about to set sail to join the Mediterranean Fleet.
For Captain Banks the harsh winter weather and threat of a French invasion are not his only problems. He has an untried ship, a tyrant for a First Lieutenant, a crew that contains at least one murderer, and he is about to sail into one of the biggest naval battles in British history—the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
“Alaric Bond has stepped into the first rank of writers of historic naval fiction.”
The Second Book in the Fighting Sail Series
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
-
- CUT AND RUN: The Fourth Book…
- by Alaric Bond
-
- True Colours
- by Alaric Bond
-
- THE MIDSHIPMAN PRINCE: Book…
- by Tom Grundner
-
- HMS Diamond: Book Two of the…
- by Tom Grundner
-
- THE TEMPLE: Book Three of the…
- by Tom Grundner
-
- Acre - Book Four of the Sir…
- by Tom Grundner
-
- Combat, Volume 2
- by Barrett TillmanDean IngStephen Coonts
-
- Combat, Volume 3
- by Harold CoyleStephen CoontsJames H. CobbR. J. PineiroRalph Peters
-
- To Glory Arise (Privateers…
- by Walter Jon Williams
-
- Judgment at Appomattox: A…
- by Ralph Peters
-
- The Macedonian (Privateers…
- by Walter Jon Williams
-
- Brig of War (Privateers and…
- by Walter Jon WILLIAMS
-
- The Last Nine Days of the…
- by C. S. Forester
-
- Marius' Mules II: The…
- by S.J.A. Turney