Series
Series about Royal Navy in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (4 series)
Aubrey–Maturin Novels in Order
The Aubrey–Maturin novels follow Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon, naturalist and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin from the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France through the War of 1812 and the first years after Waterloo. Across twenty completed novels, their friendship links shipboard command, espionage, science, domestic…
Periods
1. Master and Commander
2. Post Captain
3. HMS Surprise
4. The Mauritius Command
5. Desolation Island
6. The Fortune of War
7. The Surgeon’s Mate
8. The Ionian Mission
9. Treason’s Harbour
10. The Far Side of the World
11. The Reverse of the Medal
12. The Letter of Marque
13. The Thirteen-Gun Salute
14. The Nutmeg of Consolation
15. Clarissa Oakes
16. The Wine-Dark Sea
17. The Commodore
18. The Yellow Admiral
19. The Hundred Days
20. Blue at the Mizzen
21. The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
The Lord Ramage Novels in Order
The Lord Ramage Novels follow Nicholas Ramage from an unexpected lieutenant's command in 1796 to command of a seventy-four-gun ship of the line in 1806. Across eighteen novels he serves through the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting in the Mediterranean and Caribbean, dealing with mutiny and court…
Periods
1. Ramage
2. Ramage and the Drumbeat
3. Ramage and the Freebooters
4. Governor Ramage R.N.
5. Ramage’s Prize
6. Ramage and the Guillotine
7. Ramage’s Diamond
8. Ramage’s Mutiny
9. Ramage and the Rebels
10. The Ramage Touch
11. Ramage’s Signal
12. Ramage and the Renegades
13. Ramage’s Devil
14. Ramage’s Trial
15. Ramage’s Challenge
16. Ramage at Trafalgar
17. Ramage and the Saracens
18. Ramage and the Dido
Hornblower Saga in Order
The Horatio Hornblower novels follow a Royal Navy officer from his first service as a midshipman during the French Revolutionary Wars to senior command after the defeat of Napoleon. The books combine shipboard life, naval combat, intelligence work, diplomacy and the practical burdens of command with Hornblower’s private…
Periods
1. Mr Midshipman Hornblower
2. Lieutenant Hornblower
3. Hornblower and the Hotspur
4. Flying Colours
4. Hornblower During the Crisis
5. Hornblower and the Atropos
5. Lord Hornblower
6. Beat to Quarters
7. Ship of the Line
9. Commodore Hornblower
11. Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
12. Hornblower’s Temptation and the Last Encounter
Thomas Kydd in Order
The Thomas Kydd series follows a Guildford wig-maker pressed into the Royal Navy in 1793 and traces his rise from inexperienced landsman to admiral. Across twenty-seven novels, Kydd learns the work of the lower deck, crosses to the quarterdeck and commands increasingly important ships during the French Revolutionary…
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