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An Upright ManThe Fourteenth Carlisle & Holbrooke Naval Adventure by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction
Even before Spain joined the war in early 1762, it was obvious that it wouldn't have the strategic effect that the cousins, King Louis and King Charles, had hoped. France needed a success to bring Britain to the negotiating table: nothing grand - Louis didn't have the force for that - but something that ...Show more
Cousins At Arms: The Thirteenth Carlisle & Holbrooke Naval Adventure by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction
Holbrooke's Tide - The Fourth Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventure by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction | Series: Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures Ser.
It is 1758 and the Seven Years War is at its height. The Duke of Cumberland's Hanoverian army has been pushed back to the river Elbe while the French are using the medieval fortified city of Emden to resupply their army and to anchor its left flank.George Holbrooke has recently returned from the Jamaica ...Show more
Islands by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction | Series: Geography First
This book introduces readers to different types of islands, from rocky islands to sand, volcanic and coral reef islands. It examines the different plants, animals and people that have adapted to live on islands and how islands can be small, tourist destinations or large, city spaces. There is a list of ...Show more
Ligurian Mission - The Ninth Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventure by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction
It is the summer of 1760 and the British navy reigns supreme on the oceans of the world; only in the Mediterranean is its mastery still seriously challenged. Admiral Saunders is sent with a squadron of ships-of-the-line to remind those nations that are still neutral of the consequences of siding with th ...Show more
Niagara Squadron - The Eighth Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventure by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction
Fort Niagara is the key to the American continent. Whoever owns that lonely outpost at the edge of civilisation controls the entire Great Lakes region.Pitt's grand strategy for 1759 is to launch a three-pronged attack on Canada. One army would move north from Lake Champlain, a second would sail up the S ...Show more
Perilous Shore - The Sixth Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventure by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures Ser.
Amphibious warfare was in its infancy in the mid-eighteenth century - it was the poor relation of the great fleet actions that the navy so loved...That all changed in 1758 when the British government demanded a campaign of raids on the French Channel ports. Command arrangements were hastily devised and ...Show more
Rocks and ShoalsThe Seventh Carlisle & Holbrooke Naval Adventure by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction
With the fall of Louisbourg in 1758, the French in North America were firmly on the back foot. Pitt's grand strategy for 1759 was to launch a three-pronged attack on Canada. One army would move north from Lake Champlain, and another smaller force would strike across the wilderness to Lake Ontario and Fr ...Show more
The Colonial Post-Captain - A Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventure by Chris Durbin
Category: Fiction | Series: Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures Ser.
The Western Mediterranean, 1756. An uneasy peace is about to be shattered as France's greatest living general prepares an invasion force in Toulon; but where is it bound?Captain Carlisle hails from Virginia, a loyal colony of the British Crown. As the clouds of war gather, Carlisle's small frigate - Fur ...Show more