“Just the sort on book one like to find on a yacht’s bookshelf between watches” – Classic Boat Magazine
A superb collection of nautical tales that has been especially selected by Desmond Fforde.
- Perfect gift for seafarers and people with nautical interests
- All profits benefit the Prostate Cancer Charity
- Selected as the Marine Society Book of the Month
These stories range from the Napoleonic wars, via ships that traded under sail round Cape Horn, to what it was like to take charge of a ship in convoy, serve in the fore-ends of a submarine or fly a Corsair against the Japanese. If you have seen a WW1 picture of a ship in dazzle camouflage, there is a description of how it came about, and the Dunkirk evacuation is movingly depicted. Lastly there is Uffa Fox’s airborne lifeboat: a real masterpiece of design, and what a man!
Contents:
Hornblower and Widow McCool by C S Forester
Peter Simple by Captain Marryat
Through the Gap from Down to the Sea by Shalimar (F C Hendry)
On Camouflage and Ships’ Names from Merchantmen at Arms by Captain D Bone
I Was There by Nicholas Monsarrat from The Ship That Died of Shame
Without Incident by G Drake from Touching the Adventures
Quiet Holiday with a Genius – Weston Martyr quoted in More Joys of Life by Uffa Fox
Send Down a Dove by Charles Machardy
Aircraft Carrier by John Winton
About the author: Desmond Fforde has had a long and distinguished seafaring career. He is the cousin of Jasper Fforde and is married to Katie Fforde.
All profits benefit
The Prostate Cancer Charity is a charity registered in England
and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SCO39332)
