[BITList] Douglas Reeman - Wikipedia
michael J Feltham
ismay at mjfeltham.plus.com
Thu Jan 26 23:16:22 GMT 2017
Douglas Reeman wrote many a good sea-going novel !
Mike
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Reeman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Reeman>
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> Douglas Reeman
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> Douglas Edward Reeman, (15 October 1924 – 23 January 2017) was a British author who has written many historical fiction </wiki/Historical_fiction> books on the Royal Navy </wiki/Royal_Navy>, mainly set during either World War II </wiki/World_War_II> or the Napoleonic Wars </wiki/Napoleonic_Wars>. Reeman died on 23 January 2017 according to a press release from his wife.
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> Reeman joined the Royal Navy </wiki/Royal_Navy> in 1940, at the age of 16, and served during World War II and the Korean War </wiki/Korean_War>. He eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant. In addition to being an author, Reeman has also taught the art of navigation </wiki/Navigation> for yachting </wiki/Yacht> and served as a technical advisor for films. Douglas married Canadian Kimberley Jordan in 1985.
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> Reeman's debut novel </wiki/Debut_novel>, A Prayer for the Ship was published in 1958. His pseudonym Alexander Kent was the name of a friend and naval officer who died during the Second World War. Reeman is most famous for his series of Napoleonic </wiki/Napoleonic> naval stories, whose central character is Richard Bolitho </wiki/Richard_Bolitho>, and, later, his nephew, Adam. He also wrote a series of novels about several generations of the Blackwood family who served in the Royal Marines </wiki/Royal_Marines> from the 1850s to the 1970s, and a non-fiction account of his World War II experiences, D-Day: A Personal Reminiscence (1984).
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> Bibliography (with publication dates)
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> World War II novels
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> Title Original publication Reference
> A Prayer for the Ship 1958 ISBN 0-515-05783-5 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0515057835>
> Dive in the Sun 1961 ISBN 0-09-111300-8 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091113008>
> The Hostile Shore 1962 ISBN 0-09-907880-5 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0099078805>
> With Blood and Iron 1964 ISBN 0-09-105660-8 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091056608>
> HMS Saracen 1965 ISBN 0-09-906260-7 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0099062607>
> The Pride and the Anguish 1968 ISBN 0-09-087440-4 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0090874404>
> To Risks Unknown 1969 ISBN 0-09-097520-0 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0090975200>
> Rendezvous – South Atlantic 1972 ISBN 0-09-109270-1 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091092701>
> His Majesty's U-Boat
> (also named Go in and Sink!) 1973 ISBN 0-399-11195-6 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0399111956>
> ISBN 0-09-114620-8 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091146208>
> The Destroyers 1974 ISBN 0-09-119940-9 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091199409>
> Winged Escort 1975 ISBN 0-09-124740-3 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091247403>
> Surface with Daring 1976 ISBN 0-09-127630-6 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091276306>
> Strike from the Sea 1978 ISBN 0-09-918780-9 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0099187809>
> A Ship Must Die 1979 ISBN 0-09-138150-9 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091381509>
> Torpedo Run 1981 ISBN 0-688-00133-5 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0688001335>
> The Volunteers 1985 ISBN 0-09-160070-7 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0091600707>
> The Iron Pirate 1986 ISBN 0-7737-2105-3 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0773721053>
> In Danger's Hour 1988 ISBN 0-434-62632-5 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0434626325>
> The White Guns 1989 ISBN 0-434-62634-1 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0434626341>
> Killing Ground 1991 ISBN 0-434-62638-4 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0434626384>
> Sunset 1994 ISBN 0-434-62635-X </wiki/Special:BookSources/043462635X>
> A Dawn Like Thunder 1996 ISBN 0-434-00215-1 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0434002151>
> Battlecruiser 1997 ISBN 0-434-00291-7 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0434002917>
> For Valour 2000 ISBN 0-434-00719-6 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0434007196>
> Twelve Seconds to Live 2002 ISBN 0-434-00874-5 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0434008745>
> The Glory Boys 2008 ISBN 978-0-434-01352-4 </wiki/Special:BookSources/9780434013524>
> The Blackwood Saga
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> aka The Royal Marines Saga
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> Badge of Glory (1982) (1st in plot sequence)
> The First to Land (1984) (2nd)
> The Horizon (1993) (3rd)
> Dust on the Sea (1999) (4th)
> Knife Edge (2004) (5th)
> Other settings
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> High Water (1959)
> Send a Gunboat (1960)
> The Hostile Shore (1962)
> The Last Raider (1963)
> Path of the Storm (1966)
> The Deep Silence (1967)
> The Greatest Enemy (1970)
> Richard Bolitho novels
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> (written under the name Alexander Kent)
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> Richard Bolitho, Midshipman </wiki/Richard_Bolitho,_Midshipman> (1975)
> Midshipman Bolitho and the 'Avenger' </wiki/Midshipman_Bolitho_and_the_%27Avenger%27> (1978)
> Band of Brothers (2005)
> Stand into Danger (1980)
> In Gallant Company (1977)
> Sloop of War (1972)
> To Glory We Steer </w/index.php?title=To_Glory_We_Steer&action=edit&redlink=1> (1968)
> Command a King's Ship (1973)
> Passage To Mutiny (1976)
> With All Despatch (1988)
> Form Line of Battle! (1969)
> Enemy in Sight! (1970)
> Flag Captain (1971)
> Signal – Close Action! (1974)
> The Inshore Squadron (1977)
> A Tradition of Victory (1981)
> Success to the Brave (1983)
> Colours Aloft (1986)
> Honour This Day (1987)
> The Only Victor (1990)
> Beyond The Reef (1992)
> The Darkening Sea (1993)
> For My Country's Freedom (1995)
> Cross of St. George (1996)
> Sword of Honour (1998)
> Second to None (1999)
> Relentless Pursuit (2001)
> Man of War (2003)
> Heart of Oak (2007)
> In the King's Name (2011)
> References
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> External links
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> Douglas Reeman official site <http://www.douglasreeman.com/>
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