Background
Suthren, Victor J. H. was born on March 2, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Joseph William and Emily Anne (Roberts) Suthren.
Victor J. H. Suthren
March 2, 1942 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Member history site staff, St. Lawrence Parks Commission, Kingston, Ontario, 1965-1967; schooner seaman, Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1967; freelance writer, Montreal, 1970-1971; staff historian, Fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1971-1973; research historian, National History Parks Canada, Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1973-1975; curator of art, Canada War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, 1975-1976; chief public programs, Canada War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, 1976-1985; director, Canada War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, since 1985. Member of advisory board American Clipper Trust, Baltimore, since 1985.
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The Black Cockade (Paul Gallant Saga) (Volume 1)
( THE GALLANT SAGA BEGINS They didn't believe young Pau...)
THE GALLANT SAGA BEGINS They didn't believe young Paul Gallant when he arrived at Cape Breton in the early spring of 1745 with the news of an imminent British invasion launched from Boston. Now, the Echo is the last ship afloat in the harbor . . . and the shore has been dyed red with blood. Gallant's orders are straightforward. Run the blockade and get to France -- and help for the beleaguered fortress. With daring and brilliant maritime skill, Gallant escapes the British trap and begins a perilous voyage across the Atlantic, chased by the ship-of-the-line, Redoubtable. Pursuit and evasion, contact and battle continue to the Spanish coast and to Algiers -- where Paul Gallant steals the beautiful Abigail, favorite dancing girl of the Dey -- until the crew of the Echo is captured and imprisoned on Minorca. Gallant must escape one more time . . . through the crossfire of a naval bombardment and the deadly roar of British cannon.
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The Black Cockade: Paul Gallant's Louisbourg Command
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The Golden Galleon
( BOOK TWO IN THE MAINWARING SAGA It is 1741 — two year...)
BOOK TWO IN THE MAINWARING SAGA It is 1741 — two years since Edward Mainwaring, the young American lieutenant in the Royal Navy, sprang to fame in the action at Porto Bello described in Royal Yankee. Now he has been ordered back to the Caribbean, in command of a sloop-of-war, and uppermost in his mind is the thought of a reunion with Anne Brixham, the beautiful planter's daughter who fought beside him in his earlier adventure. But Anne, he learns, has been kidnapped by his ruthless enemy, the Chevalier Rigaud de la Roche-Bourbon. On his own initiative, the headstrong Mainwaring sets off in pursuit, making a dangerous journey across Panama that leads not only to Anne's savage captors but also to the prospect of the greatest prize of all — the fabled Manila Galleon. Culminating in a desperate battle among Pacific islands, The Golden Galleon is a truly superb novel of high-seas adventure.
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Admiral of Fear Uk
(A seafaring yarn.)
A seafaring yarn.
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Royal Yankee
( THE MAINWARING SAGA BEGINS Between 1739 and 1748, Bri...)
THE MAINWARING SAGA BEGINS Between 1739 and 1748, Britain fought the Spanish and then the French, their fleets and armies clashing in almost every theater of war from America to the Indian Ocean and the battlefields of Europe. Royal Yankee introduces Edward Mainwaring, a young seafarer destined to be caught up in this war - in its violent combat, its rough camaraderie, its acts of courage, and its feats of strategy. Mainwaring is a "provincial," born in Massachusetts, and a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. The year 1739 finds him and the crew of his fast Bermudan schooner Athena in the Caribbean, preparing to join Vice-Admiral Vernon's attack on the massively defended harbor of Porto Bello. Royal Yankee is the story of Mainwaring's part in a great battle, of his duel of wills with the implacable Frenchman Roche-Bourbon, of his love for the beautiful Anne Brixham - a fighting planter's daughter and a match for most men - and his daring leadership of a loyal crew in a series of perilous adventures. Written with a terrific verve and a historian's eye for detail, Victor Suthren's fine novel sings with the sense of sea and sail.
https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Yankee-Victor-Suthren/dp/0312010842?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0312010842
In Perilous Seas
( BOOK THREE IN THE GALLANT SAGA 1747: Paul Gallant is ...)
BOOK THREE IN THE GALLANT SAGA 1747: Paul Gallant is now captain of a frigate . . . and his assignment is to shepherd a convoy of merchantmen from the West Indies to France, evading privateers and the British Navy and guarding the person and dowry of Marianne de Poitrincourt, Marquise de Bézy. There is treachery in high and low places, and Marianne and dowry are taken hostage . . . Gallant once again lives up to his name, and against terrific odds (including a nasty Spanish noble, a vicious Dutch pirate, a British warship and the Carolina coastal waters)
https://www.amazon.com/Perilous-Seas-Victor-Suthren/dp/0002226383?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0002226383
Admiral of Fear
(Third in a naval history series featuring Lieutenant Edwa...)
Third in a naval history series featuring Lieutenant Edward Mainwaring, this book is set on the high seas during the Anglo-Spanish wars in 1742 and incorporates adventure and romance. The other books in the series include "Royal Yankee" and "The Golden Galleon".
https://www.amazon.com/Admiral-Fear-Victor-Suthren/dp/0312053770?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0312053770
Victor J. H. Suthren Edit Profile
Victor J. H. Suthren, Museum director. Fellow Royal Society Arts, Company of Military Historians; member Canada Nautical Research Society, North America Society Oceanic History, Canada Museum Association, Canada Sail Train Association.
Education
Bachelor in Psychology, Bishop's University, 1965; Master of Arts in History, Concordia University, 1970.
Career
Member history site staff, St. Lawrence Parks Commission, Kingston, Ontario, 1965-1967; schooner seaman, Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1967; freelance writer, Montreal, 1970-1971; staff historian, Fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1971-1973; research historian, National History Parks Canada, Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1973-1975; curator of art, Canada War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, 1975-1976; chief public programs, Canada War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, 1976-1985; director, Canada War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, since 1985. Member of advisory board American Clipper Trust, Baltimore, since 1985.
Works
book
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Royal Yankee
( THE MAINWARING SAGA BEGINS Between 1739 and 1748, Bri...)
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The Golden Galleon
( BOOK TWO IN THE MAINWARING SAGA It is 1741 — two year...)
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The Black Cockade (Paul Gallant Saga) (Volume 1)
( THE GALLANT SAGA BEGINS They didn't believe young Pau...)
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Admiral of Fear
(Third in a naval history series featuring Lieutenant Edwa...)
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In Perilous Seas
( BOOK THREE IN THE GALLANT SAGA 1747: Paul Gallant is ...)
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Admiral of Fear Uk
(A seafaring yarn.)
- The Black Cockade
- The Black Cockade: Paul Gallant's Louisbourg Command
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Royal Yankee
Membership
Fellow Royal Society Arts, Company of Military Historians. Member Canada Nautical Research Society, North America Society Oceanic History, Canada Museum Association, Canada Sail Train Association.
Interests
Connections
Married Lindsay Jean Scott, July 12, 1969. Children: Scott, Caedi, Amy.
