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Dawson Saga

The Dawson Saga follows a Royal Navy family from Edwardian confidence to the Pacific War. The first volume begins with the naval race before 1914 and a treason scandal that divides the household. The Titans places three Dawson brothers in the First World War, while a younger generation forms dangerous personal ties with Japanese naval officers during the 1930s.

Resumption and The Last Battle turn friendship and marriage into divided loyalties after Japan attacks British and American positions in December 1941. Across four books, naval duty provides continuity, but technological change, espionage, racism and global war repeatedly destroy the family’s belief that honour can remain separate from politics.

Reading order

Books in this series (4 books)

Days of Wine and Roses? cover

1. Days of Wine and Roses?

Christopher Nicole

First published 1991

4.1(485)

Edwardian England appears secure, but the Dawson family’s naval tradition is already exposed to the rivalries that will lead to war. Jack Dawson returns from the Far East after witnessing Japan’s victory over Russia and brings with him a friendship with German naval officer Bruno von…

The Titans cover

2. The Titans

Christopher Nicole

First published 1992

4.2(430)

In 1914, the Dawson brothers enter a war expected to be decided by the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet. Jack, Peter and Giles have been raised for naval service, but scandal has left Jack falsely dismissed as a traitor. He returns under…

Resumption cover

3. Resumption

Christopher Nicole

First published 1992

4.2(437)

In the course of her war with China, the armies of Imperial Japan attack and sack the city of Nanking. Caught up in the fighting are two young men, Lieutenant Jack Dawson of the Royal Navy, serving on board one of the British gunboats patrolling the…

The Last Battle cover

4. The Last Battle

Christopher Nicole

First published 1993

4.3(545)

On 7th December 1941, Japan entered World War II by simultaneously attacking the American Naval Base at Pearl Harbour in the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines and Malaya. Appalled by the decision, Commander Hirada Tanawa of the Imperial Japanese Navy nevertheless carries out his orders with skill…