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Captain Kelly Maguire Trilogy

by Max Hennessy 3 books in this series

The Captain Kelly Maguire trilogy follows an ambitious Royal Navy officer from the opening campaigns of the First World War to the decisive operations of the Second. Maguire’s career takes him through Gallipoli, Jutland, the Russian Civil War, naval intervention in China, Narvik, Dunkirk and the Normandy campaign.

Across three novels, professional advancement is repeatedly tested by political patronage, family obligations and the human cost of command. The sequence combines naval warfare with a generational career story, showing how the Royal Navy changed between the battleship age and modern amphibious war.

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Books in this series (3 books)

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#2 – The Dangerous Years

Max Hennessy

Battle is joined... Hero of Jutland in World War I, Kelly Maguire progresses rapidly through Navy ranks during the dangerous post-War years. Amidst the Russian Civil War, British forces must rescue thousands of terrified White Army men from rampaging Communist militias. Maguire gets stuck in, risking…

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#3 – Back to Battle

Max Hennessy

Peacetime political manoeuvring threatens Kelly Maguire’s ambition to command, but the outbreak of the Second World War returns him to active service. After a devastating reverse during the fighting around Narvik, he reaches Dunkirk as the British Expeditionary Force is evacuated. Maguire continues through the naval…

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