The Darkening Sea

by Richard Woodman

Overview

From the clash of mighty battleships at Jutland in 1916 to the cold splendor of the present-day Arctic, The Darkening Sea is a modern seafaring epic that traces the fortunes of the Martin family throughout nearly seventy years of British maritime history.

James and John Martin see varied action from service on battle-cruisers in the North Sea during the Great War to cargo-passenger ships on the exploited coast of 1930s China; from the war of corvette vs. U-boats in the North Atlantic to the long slog of Pacific Fleet protection in a WWII destroyer. Along the way, they find love, disillusion, and fulfillment. The women in their lives—sisters, wives, and lovers—also have their own ambitions in an ever-changing world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493057733
Publisher:	McBooks Press
Publication date:	05/01/2020
Series:	The Modern Naval Fiction Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	276,883
File size:	669 KB

About the Author

Captain Richard Martin Woodman retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical career. Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater series is often compared to the work of the late Patrick O'Brian. Woodman is the author of some two dozen nautical novels, as well as several nonfiction books. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, such as C.S. Forester or O'Brian, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and spent eleven years in command. His experience ranges from cargo-liners to ocean weather ships and specialist support vessels to yachts, square-riggers, and trawlers. Said Lloyd's List of his work: "As always, Richard Woodman's story is closely based on actual historical events. All this we have come to expect—and he adds that special ambience of colourful credibility which makes his nautical novels such rattling good reads."

Captain Richard Martin Woodman retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical career. Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater series is often compared to the work of the late Patrick O'Brian. Woodman is the author of some two dozen nautical novels, as well as several nonfiction books. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, such as C.S. Forester or O'Brian, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and spent eleven years in command. His experience ranges from cargo-liners to ocean weather ships and specialist support vessels to yachts, square-riggers, and trawlers. Said Lloyd's List of his work: "As always, Richard Woodman's story is closely based on actual historical events. All this we have come to expect—and he adds that special ambience of colourful credibility which makes his nautical novels such rattling good reads."

Table of Contents

Part 1 Blood 1916-1924

1 Jutland 3

2 Aftermath 18

3 HMS Iroquois 35

4 The Convoy 54

5 Stella 64

6 Special Service 72

7 The Maverick 90

8 Cold Wind From Russia 102

9 The Windjammer 113

Part 2 Fire 1929-1945

10 Old Friends 123

11 The Devil's Children 136

12 Chrysanthemum Warriors 154

13 Sonia 175

14 The Return of Ulysses 186

15 Cry Havoc… 200

16 Kristallnacht 220

17 Fortune of War 228

18 A Phoney War 238

19 Guns and Butter 250

20 Gentlemen Abed in England 261

21 Manhood Held Cheap 277

22 Ships That Pass… 284

23 An Absolute Beauty 296

24 Fire 310

Part 3 Drifting Smoke 1950-1984

25 A Postwar Childhood 323

26 Singapore 339

27 Business in Great Waters 354

28 Drifting Smoke 367

29 Acts of Apostles 381

30 The Last Battle 389