HNF Log Book April 2015
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April 2015This month there is news of both new and recent releases. Brief information is given below with links to the full website articles. |
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Recent Latest Release Articles
This month articles have appeared about the following books which have been published or are available for pre-order |
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Richard Woodman is the well known author of the naval fiction series about Nathaniel Drinkwater and more recently of a series set during the English Civil War about Kit Faulkner. Now he has just released the first book in a new trilogy, Sword of State: The Forging. |
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Nick Korolev has a new book which was recently released worldwide, Storm Warning. It is available in paperback and ebook versions. |
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G. L. Tysk recently released a sequel to her whaling fiction novel based around native Hawaiian characters. Paradise is now available worldwide in paperback and for kindle download. |
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For those following the related series about a Thames river policeman in Napoleonic times, Patrick Easter's latest book, Cuckold Point, will we realeased in hardcover in the Uk on 2 April 2015. It will also be available for kindle download for overseas readers. |
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Each month I provide a short bio of one of the authors on the site. This month we will look at Kenneth Roberts
In 1928 he retired to Italy and began his Chronicles of Arundel, a series of novels pertaining to the American Revolution and the War of 1812. He became the most popular historical novelist of his day and in 1957 he received a Special Pulitzer Prize "for his historical novels which have long contributed to the creation of greater interest in our early American history." Some of his work is Historic Naval Fiction. |
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Books with a release date this month
First editions or first paperback releases this month |
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Non Fiction |
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European Navies and the Conduct of War by Carlos Alfaro-Zaforteza, Marcus Faulkner & Alan James (Hardcover - UK) It is due for release on 30 April 2015 |
Other Nautical Fiction |
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Cuckold Point by Patrick Easter (Hardcover -UK: Kindle - Worldwide) It is due for release on 2 April 2015 |
| A listing of books to be released in the future is available via the Releases Calendar | |
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David Hayes reviews Eleanor’s Odyssey by Joan Druett |
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David Hayes reviews The Shantyman by Rick Spilman |
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| For those interested in nautical literature set in a later period - What's new on the web site this month | |
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Naval historian Richard Freeman who has written a number of non-fiction works has started a naval fiction series. The second book in the Commander Steadfast Thrillers, Action this Day, is now available for kindle download worldwide. |
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| I often find authors and books to be added to the site and whilst I try and include books in latest releases I do not always spot them in time. This section includes books and authors that have recently been found and may be of interest. | |
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Based around the true story of Caribbean schooners sinking a U-Boat during WWII. Tradewinds: A Tale of the Caribbean |
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Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1885-1957) was born in Kennebunk, Maine. He was educated at Cornell University and from 1909 to 1917, he was a reporter and columnist for the Boston Post. After serving in World War I, he became well known as a roving correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post, writing on conditions in Europe, the Orient, and the United States.