John Drake is a pseudonym of J. C. Edwards who trained as a biochemist to post-doctorate research level before realizing he was no good at science. His working career was in the television department of ICI (AstraZeneca) until 1999 when he became a full-time writer. John's hobby is muzzle-loading shooting, and his interests are British history and British politics (as a spectator), plus newspapers, TV news, and current affairs. He is married with a son and two grandchildren.
He has written an HNF series of novels (originally published under his real name) about Jacob Fletcher described as a loveable rogue who is pressganged into the navy as a young man, and is also writing the 'Treasure Island' pirate fiction series.
AOS Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Jacob Fletcher | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| 1793 | Fletcher's Fortune | Jack Fletcher is seized by the press gang and is taken aboard His Majesty's frigate Phiandra. |
| 1794 | Fletcher's Glorious First of June | Jacob Fletcher renounces the fortune to which he is heir |
| 1795 | Fletcher and the Mutineers | Lady Coignwood has heard that Fletcher is not dead but alive and well in Jamaica |
| 1795 | Fletcher and the Great Raid | Fletcher is tasked to find and destroy anything he finds at sea regarding a steam engine |
| 1797 | Fletcher and the Samurai | Fletcher is sent to fight the British East India Company |
| 1800 | Fletcher and the Blue Star | Fletcher is sent to America as a roving ambassador |
| Fletcher and the Flying Machine | Fletcher becomes fascinated by a new form of aerial navigation | |
| 1805 | Fletcher and the Constitution | Fletcher must protect his crew, his life . . . and now the new American nation |
| Omnibus editions | ||
| Fair Winds and Following Seas: A Jacob Fletcher Omnibus | Fletcher's Fortune, Fletcher's Glorious First of June, Fletcher and the Mutineers | |
| Companion book | ||
| The Fletcher Companion | A guide to the career of Sir Jacob Fletcher (1775-1875) | |
AOS Pirate Fiction
| Series: Treasure Island series | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| Flint and Silver | The ship of merchant sailor John Silver is attacked by pirates | |
| Pieces of Eight | Joseph Flint and Long John Silver have a score to settle | |
| Skull and Bones | Captain Flint is captured by the Royal Navy and condemned to hang for mutiny and piracy | |
| Series: n/a | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| The Traitor of Treasure Island | The truth at last | |