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Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by Astrodene on Mon 25 Aug 2008, 10:29

I enjoyed this series the underlying theme of working for the navy's secret department was interesting and the occasional insights into the working of Trinity House


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A brig of war

Post by Alaric Bond on Sun 25 Oct 2009, 11:20

Just started this, my first Woodman for many years. Look forward to leaving a full review shortly.

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by conaghan on Wed 28 Oct 2009, 16:49

My local library happened to have books 6 through 13 of Woodman's Drinkwater series - - enjoyed all of them very much. Now I have to purchase the rest! cheers

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by Alaric Bond on Tue 15 Dec 2009, 08:33

Finished Brig of War and found it stimulating and enjoyable. I especially liked the interplay between the commander and first officer (Drinkwater), and the long term animosities with friends and foe alike came over well.

True to my perverse nature I am now starting on A Kings Cutter; the prequel...

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A King's Cutter

Post by Alaric Bond on Sun 03 Jan 2010, 09:46

Another enjoyable book; this time with a little more “history” worked in. I enjoyed the meetings with Duncan, and the description of Camberdown was excellent. Woodman also conveys the purpose (and cramped conditions) of a cutter well. The only slightly inconsistent passage concerned the suppression of mutiny towards the end of the story – I don't want to go into spoilers, but felt that Drinkwater's actions were not in line with his personality. One I will doubtless read again, however (my measure of the value of any book) and, true to form, I'm now looking around for the prequel...

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by Joolz on Wed 13 Jul 2011, 14:34

Love Drinkwater, especially his east coast and Trinity House connections. I only had the first 3 for many years, but recently completed the collection and am working my way through them.

Seems a little under-rated around here?

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by Joolz on Sat 27 Aug 2011, 15:34

Just to set the record straight, my above post gives an erroneous impression - I had a complete set of Drinkwater, my third after Hornblower & Aubrey, but circumstances left me with just the first three for several years. However, I recently completed the set again via omnibus editions, of which the final volume incorporates 2 additional short stories and an overview by the author. I have also replaced my old discoloured Hornblowers with omnibus editions which are excellent value IMO.

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by leonidas on Sun 18 Sep 2011, 21:46

Just finished the first two Drinkwater novels. Good reading and interesting to get bits of the wider world outside the ships.

Nathaniel sounds a bit like a beserker in the close combat sequences, and almost too good as a sailing master.The Ushant escape was hair-raising.

Have the next four to read and will then seek out others in the series

Recommended reading and more than a touch of O'Brian at times!

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by captain yogi on Fri 23 Sep 2011, 18:18

I shall have to try this series. At the beginning of it all,is Drinkwater a Midshipman?

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by Astrodene on Fri 23 Sep 2011, 19:03

captain yogi wrote:At the beginning of it all,is Drinkwater a Midshipman?

He is

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by leonidas on Fri 30 Sep 2011, 10:10

Great mail day. Three omnibus editions of Drinkwater series arrived from 3 different sources in the same delivery!

And another couple of Dewey Lambden novels. Will keep me going for days!

Have read the first six of the Drinkwater novels and thoroughly enjoyed every one. Highly recommended.

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Post by leonidas on Wed 09 Nov 2011, 01:47

I have just finished reading Ebb Tide. Oh dear, I guess I should have expected what happened from the title.

Still a great little vignette of a highly likeable character. Richard Woodman is to be congratulated on a first class series, that never palled or fell below the initial standard he set. His love of the sea has enhanced my own.

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Re: Nathaniel Drinkwater Series

Post by leonidas on Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:29

Having had time to reflect on the Drinkwater novels and read Woodman's account of the evolution of the series, I have decided to rate them as second only to the Aubrey novels of Patrick O'Brian.

The characters and stories are credible for the most part, historically "accurate" as far as fiction can be, and each one is a page-turner, which is in my book, a fine signal.

I will definitely be reading them again, but lots of others in the meantime!

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