The Guernseyman

by C. Northcote Parkinson

Overview

Richard Delancey, inadvertently embroiled in Liverpool labor riots, sidesteps punishment by "volunteering" for the Navy. Ranked as a midshipman, he is no sooner aboard than his ship sails for the port of New York. But when the events of the American Revolution and the ongoing hostilities between England and France send him back across the sea, Delancey finds himself instrumental in defending the Isle of Jersey and, later, the Rock of Gibraltar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590130018
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Series:	The Richard Delancey Novels , #1
Pages:	206
Sales rank:	937,117
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Cyril Northcote Parkinson pursued a distinguished academic career on both sides of the Atlantic and first became famous for "Parkinson's Law"—work expands to fill the time allotted to it. Parkinson wrote many books on British politics and economics. His first fictional effort, a "biography" of Horatio Hornblower, met with considerable acclaim and led to the Richard Delancey series. C. Northcote Parkinson died in 1993.

Editorial Reviews

[Parkinson's] knowledge of the naval world of the Napoleonic era was encyclopaedic; his understanding of ships and seamen, of politics, strategy and trade almost unrivalled.

David Powell

Most fictional heroes of the Napoleonic Wars at sea are as wooden as their ships, a generalisation from which Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and Professor Parkinson's Richard Delancey can be exempted.

The Observer

If you enjoy salty tales told by the man who knows the sea, British history, as well as words, winches and wimbrels, Devil to Pay will see you through a fine evening handily.

Portland (Maine) Sunday Telegram

Authentic naval adventure. .. full of action.

London Sunday Times

A historical novelist in the best traditions of C.S. Forester and Alexander Kent.

Time and Tide

The sharp tang of powder and tar and salty sea along with the boom of the cannon and shouts of men in battle.

The Dallas Morning News

[Parkinson's] knowledge of the naval world of the Napoleonic era was encyclopaedic; his understanding of ships and seamen, of politics, strategy and trade almost unrivalled.  —David Powell, Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers

From the Publisher

The sharp tang of powder and tar and salty sea along with the boom of the cannon and shouts of men in battle.

Dallas Morning News