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Recently there has been a post regarding E-books. With the upcoming holidays, wanting to add some old fashioned paper books (fiction/thriller) to my stock. Main subject should be... sailing!!! Two of my favorites are Bernard Cornwell's Sea lord and Tania Aebi's Maiden Voyage.

Any recommondations from anyone???????

Rene.

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Hi Beagle

Not fiction (but you WILL be amazed that its all real), not strictly sailing, but "Blind Mans Bluff"; the history of submarine espionage is beyond James Bond, but real life!

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Cameron

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A few personal favourites with a boaty theme:

Alistair Maclean - When Eight Bells Toll
Hammond Innes - Levkas Man; Maddon's Rock; The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Anything by Sam Llewellin
Desmond Bagley has also written several water bourne thrillers, but I can't remember what any of them are called. Try a Google.

I don't know if you're into historical fiction - in which case there are all the Hornblower books by CS Forrester, The Aubrey and Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian and the Richard Bolitho books by Alexander Kent, all set in the late 18th/early 19th centuries. There are also the 20th century naval thrillers of Douglas Reeman (who is actually Alexander Kent in disguise). But you probably know about all of these.

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you might try 'COCHRANE, the life and exploits od a fighting captain' by robert harvey. story of one of your own, second only to nelson in your naval history.

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One I enjoyed recently was 'Billy Ruffian'.
Its an account of the life of the Belerophon, a ship that fought at Trafalgar amongst others.

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Shrimpy: around the world in an 18 foot yacht. Shane Acton. The true account of a relatively inexperienced chap sailing an 18' marine ply Caprice around the world on a non-existant budget. Even picked up a Swedish girlfriend on the way and took her with him. Inspiring.

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Some others:

Bold in Her Breeches - by Jo Stanley - an examination of female pirates
Any of Tim Severin's sea voyage books - especially the Brendan Voyage one about crossing the North Atlantic
The Sea Road - Margaret Elphinstone, a fictional account of the Vikings discovery of Newfoundland

If you're in London and a member of teh Cruising Association there are many splendid reads in the Library there.

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A big thanks for all the suggestions. If only I had 3 months instead of 3 weeks summer holidays.....

The women pirates book and the one about the US submarine seem very interesting. Also, Desmond Bagley will be high on the list.Since I am located in Holland, I just checked the availability and most books can be ordered online at an interesting price. Will also check local libary to see what's available.

Once again, thank you all!

Rene.

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Try almost anything by Tristan Jones.
He wrote about his life sailing the oceans, from boyhood on Thames barges, to a voyage on the lowest and highest waters in the world.. Dead Sea and Titicaca!.. with the same sailing boat.
True sailing stories from a real adventurer.
Sadly now on the last great voyage in the sky!



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Would recommend the following:

Thrillers ... Hungry as the Sea by Wilbur Smith
HMS Ulysses by Alistair Maclean (the definative WW2 at sea book!)
A Ravel of Waters by Geoffery Jenkin
Maddons Rock by Hammond Innes
Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
Shadow of the Sands - Sam Llewyllyn (a sequel to Riddle)

Factual... A voyage for madmen by Peter Nichols
Attention All Shipping. by Charlie Connelly
Longitude by Dava Sobel

That should keep you going!






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all bernard cornwell's boaty books are good, eg crackdown.

personally i prefer to read non-boaty stuff while cruising, some of the descriptions of nasty things happening at sea are not conducive to sleeping soundly at anchor!

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Ken Follett

Don't think he's written anything explicitly boaty, though "The Eye of the Needle" has its denouement set on a remote island.

Very, very non-boaty indeed, but Follett's "The Pillars of the Earth", about the building of a cathedral in the time of Steven and Matilda, is an extraordinary book, and completely unexpected from the pen of a mass market (albeit good) thriller writer.

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Printers are great

Good I have one... lots of very good and interesting information, thanks all!

Hope my books will arive before departure.

Happy sailing (and reading)!

Rene

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