Background
Dudley Pope was born on December 29, 1925 in Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom.
(It is the 1650’s and Spain considers the Caribbean to be ...)
It is the 1650’s and Spain considers the Caribbean to be its own private sea, but England, Holland and France conspire to battle for freedom on the oceans. Set in days littered with the plunder of piracy; Ned Yorke, a loyal Royalist living in Barbados has a small vessel and devoted crew and together they sail, hunted by Roundheads and Spaniards, determined to pay whatever the price for freedom from tyranny. What transpires is a colourful, dramatic retelling of historical events surrounding the capture of Jamaica and the infamous raid on Santiago.
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(Across the English Channel, Napoleon has massed a great i...)
Across the English Channel, Napoleon has massed a great invasion flotilla. English forces, under Lord Nelson, are all but paralyzednot knowing the size, strength, or time of the foreign onslaught. In a daring spy scheme to protect British shores, Ramage is chosen to plumb the secrets of the French, and the penalty for failure is the guillotine. Across the English Channel, Napoleon has massed a great invasion flotilla. English forces, under Lord Nelson, are all but paralyzednot knowing the size, strength, or time of the foreign onslaught. In a daring spy scheme to protect British shores, Ramage is chosen to plumb the secrets of the French, and the penalty for failure is the guillotine.
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(The youngest captain in His Majesty's Navy, with a reputa...)
The youngest captain in His Majesty's Navy, with a reputation for landing impossible assignments, Lord Ramage is dispatched to the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Diamond Rock. The mission seems humdrum: barricade the French within Fort Royal. But sent to sea in the Juno with a crew grown restless and undisciplined under the prior commmand of a drunk, Ramage realizes his vssel may not be up to battle with the French. The youngest captain in His Majesty's Navy, with a reputation for landing impossible assignments, Lord Ramage is dispatched to the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Diamond Rock. The mission seems humdrum: barricade the French within Fort Royal. But sent to sea in the Juno with a crew grown restless and undisciplined under the prior commmand of a drunk, Ramage realizes his vssel may not be up to battle with the French.
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(Ramage is suddenly caught behind enemy lines when on hone...)
Ramage is suddenly caught behind enemy lines when on honeymoon in France, as the Peace of Amien unexpectedly ends. The story chronicles his escape and dashing adventures in true Ramage style; as an enemy ship is captured and a sub-plot develops involving a pursuit to the prison colony on Devil’s Island.
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(Dudley Pope meticulously researches the story of the bloo...)
Dudley Pope meticulously researches the story of the bloodiest mutiny in the history of the Royal Navy - the butchering of the officers aboard His Majesty's Frigate HERMIONE 32 guns, in the West Indies in 1797. The captain of the frigate, Hugh Pigot, was a brutal and sadistic commander who flogged his men mercilessly and drove them beyond the limits of endurance. However, nothing could excuse the slaughter of guilty and innocent officers alike as the mutineers went wild and committed crimes beyond anything Pigot could have dreamt up. Not content with that, they then took the ship into an enemy port and gave her up to the Spanish who, unaware of the true facts for some time, nevertheless greeted them with the contempt they deserved. The Spanish took the ship into their service but due to an amazing episode of red tape and internal wrangling, never actually got the frigate to sea. Meanwhile the Royal Navy relentlessly hunted down the mutineers over the next ten years and of the 33 either caught or who gave themselves up, 24 were either hanged and hung in chains upon gibbets, or transported for life. A number managed to escape justice. The author describes these events which end with the daring re-capture of the HERMIONE under the guns of Spanish forts, with Captain Edward Hamilton leading 100 English sailors in six open boats in one of the most brilliant cutting-out expeditions in naval history.
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(In the 1660’s Jamaica was an uneasy island, occupied by S...)
In the 1660’s Jamaica was an uneasy island, occupied by Spain but settled by the English and French. When Admiral of the Brethren, Ned Yorke, a brave, loyal Buccaneer, learns that Spain is mounting a Caribbean fleet perhaps to protect the treasures of Spanish ships, or carry an army to Jamaica, he vows to find out the truth. Yorke’s audacious attacks on Spanish camps reveal all and the Buccaneers must fight a bloody, desperate battle to try and hinder them.
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(Charles II returns from exile bringing with him unease to...)
Charles II returns from exile bringing with him unease to the Spanish Main. In this vivid description of seventeenth-century buccaneers, Ned Yorke, the leader and hero of the swashbuckling band are depended upon for the defence of Jamaica, fighting with captured Spanish guns. Daring raids on the Spanish seem inevitable, as Yorke sets out on the high seas to distant adventures on behalf of the King and his own honour.
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(It is February 1942 and the war in the Atlantic looks gri...)
It is February 1942 and the war in the Atlantic looks grim for the Allied convoys. The ‘Great Blackout’ has started, leaving the spy centre of Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire at a loss as to what the Nazis are planning. U-boat Command has changed the Hydra cipher. The Enigma code cannot be broken. Cipher experts can no longer eavesdrop on Nazi command, which leaves convoys open for attack by packs of marauding Nazi submarines. Winning the Battle of the Atlantic will surely give Hitler a final victory. And who can stop him?
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Dudley Pope was born on December 29, 1925 in Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom.
Pope joined the Home Guard aged 14 and at age 16 joined the merchant navy as a cadete, by concealing his age.
Pope's “Ramage” saga is a series of novels chronicling the life and exploits of Lt. Nicholas Ramage, a ship’s commander in the British Navy during parts of the 1700s and 1800s. He was wounded in 1942 and released in 1943. In 1944, he accepted a post with London’s Evening News as a naval correspondent, a position he held until 1959. From that time on Pope devoted himself to writing works, including Graf Spee: The Life and Death of a Raider, Life in Nelson's Navy, and The Devil Himself.
Pope also spent much of his time writing novels about life on the high seas. Along with the eighteen-tome Ramage series. Pope also wrote many other books, including a series on the seagoing Yorke family. Among his works are Gallon, Ramage at Trafalgar, Ramage and the Freebooters' Corsair, Ramage’s Devil, and Ramage and the Saracens.
(Dudley Pope meticulously researches the story of the bloo...)
(The youngest captain in His Majesty's Navy, with a reputa...)
(It is the 1650’s and Spain considers the Caribbean to be ...)
(Ramage is suddenly caught behind enemy lines when on hone...)
(In the 1660’s Jamaica was an uneasy island, occupied by S...)
(It is February 1942 and the war in the Atlantic looks gri...)
(Charles II returns from exile bringing with him unease to...)
(Across the English Channel, Napoleon has massed a great i...)
From 1953 onwards, Pope, and his wife Kay, lived on their yachts – Concerto, a Fife 8-metre, then Tokay, Golden Dragon, and finally Ramage in 1968. Geographically, they moved from the UK to Italy, the Virgin Islands, Barbados and, with Ramage, to Marigot.