Ship of Fire

Ship of Fire

Author: Michael Cadnum

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1504019709

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A young Englishman embarks on history’s most daring naval assault Thomas Spyre wields his rapier like an expert, but his blade has never drawn blood. A surgeon’s apprentice in Elizabethan London, young Thomas spends his days learning the most modern medical techniques—from amputation to bloodletting—and by night he tries to keep his master from gambling away their earnings at bear fights. When a bad bet leaves their purse emptier than ever before, Thomas fears they are destined for the poorhouse. But a strange stroke of luck is about to whisk them away from England toward one of the greatest adventures of all time. Thomas and his master are called upon by Sir Francis Drake, the legendary swashbuckler, to accompany him on a daring raid of the Spanish port of Cadiz. As a surgeon aboard the ship, Thomas will have to learn the nature of manhood, medicine, battle, and espionage—all while the cannons fire.


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Download or read book Ship of Fire written by Michael Cadnum and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Englishman embarks on history’s most daring naval assault Thomas Spyre wields his rapier like an expert, but his blade has never drawn blood. A surgeon’s apprentice in Elizabethan London, young Thomas spends his days learning the most modern medical techniques—from amputation to bloodletting—and by night he tries to keep his master from gambling away their earnings at bear fights. When a bad bet leaves their purse emptier than ever before, Thomas fears they are destined for the poorhouse. But a strange stroke of luck is about to whisk them away from England toward one of the greatest adventures of all time. Thomas and his master are called upon by Sir Francis Drake, the legendary swashbuckler, to accompany him on a daring raid of the Spanish port of Cadiz. As a surgeon aboard the ship, Thomas will have to learn the nature of manhood, medicine, battle, and espionage—all while the cannons fire.

Fireship

Fireship

Author: Peter Kirsch

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2009-04-16

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1783469579

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The fireship was the guided missile of the sailing era. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material, it was aimed at its highly inflammable wooden target by volunteers who bailed out into a boat at the last moment. It often missed, but the panic it invariably caused among crews who generally could not swim and had no method of safely abandoning ship did the job for it—the most famous example being the attack off Gravelines in 1588 which led to the rout of the Spanish Armada.Although it was a tactic used in antiquity, its successful revival in the Armada campaign led to the adoption of the fireship as an integral part of the fleet. During the seventeenth century increasingly sophisticated 'fireworks' were designed into purpose-built ships, and an advance doctrine was worked out for their employment. Fireship reveals the full impact of the weapon on naval history, looks at the technology and analyses the reasons for its decline.This is the first history of a potent, much used but little understood weapon.


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Download or read book Fireship written by Peter Kirsch and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fireship was the guided missile of the sailing era. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material, it was aimed at its highly inflammable wooden target by volunteers who bailed out into a boat at the last moment. It often missed, but the panic it invariably caused among crews who generally could not swim and had no method of safely abandoning ship did the job for it—the most famous example being the attack off Gravelines in 1588 which led to the rout of the Spanish Armada.Although it was a tactic used in antiquity, its successful revival in the Armada campaign led to the adoption of the fireship as an integral part of the fleet. During the seventeenth century increasingly sophisticated 'fireworks' were designed into purpose-built ships, and an advance doctrine was worked out for their employment. Fireship reveals the full impact of the weapon on naval history, looks at the technology and analyses the reasons for its decline.This is the first history of a potent, much used but little understood weapon.

Fire Ship

Fire Ship

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780780791282

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Fire Ship

Fire Ship

Author: Marianne Brandis

Publisher: The Porcupine's Quill

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780889841406

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Thirteen-year-old Dan Dobson and his family have just immigrated to Upper Canada from the American States when the War of 1812 flares up. Their neighbours in the town of York -- today's Toronto -- suspect them of spying for the Americans, but the Dobsons are loyal to Britain and determined to remain in York. Dan's dream is to sail with the British frigate Sir Isaac Brock which he and his father are helping to build. He sees war as an exciting adventure -- that is until he gets his first taste of battle on the day the American forces invade York. Fire Ship is a fast-moving historical novel for young people that brings the War of 1812 to life in a way that only Marianne Brandis can. The attention to detail and acute historical sensibility that so distinguished Brandis's `Emma' trilogy are in full evidence once again. From the opening scene of Fire Ship in which Dan paddles across the silent bay towards Toronto Island to the graphic scenes of cannon fire and rough military doctoring in Fort York, Brandis invites us to experience Toronto exactly as it was in 1813. She also introduces us to a strong new character in Dan who grapples with issues of loyalty and nationality and the brutality of war. `The story must work as a story; it must not be a sugar-coated history lesson,' Brandis says of her approach to historical fiction. `My goal is to give fiction the verisimilitude of fact, and to touch fact with the colour and vivacity of fiction.'


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Download or read book Fire Ship written by Marianne Brandis and published by The Porcupine's Quill. This book was released on 1992 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Dan Dobson and his family have just immigrated to Upper Canada from the American States when the War of 1812 flares up. Their neighbours in the town of York -- today's Toronto -- suspect them of spying for the Americans, but the Dobsons are loyal to Britain and determined to remain in York. Dan's dream is to sail with the British frigate Sir Isaac Brock which he and his father are helping to build. He sees war as an exciting adventure -- that is until he gets his first taste of battle on the day the American forces invade York. Fire Ship is a fast-moving historical novel for young people that brings the War of 1812 to life in a way that only Marianne Brandis can. The attention to detail and acute historical sensibility that so distinguished Brandis's `Emma' trilogy are in full evidence once again. From the opening scene of Fire Ship in which Dan paddles across the silent bay towards Toronto Island to the graphic scenes of cannon fire and rough military doctoring in Fort York, Brandis invites us to experience Toronto exactly as it was in 1813. She also introduces us to a strong new character in Dan who grapples with issues of loyalty and nationality and the brutality of war. `The story must work as a story; it must not be a sugar-coated history lesson,' Brandis says of her approach to historical fiction. `My goal is to give fiction the verisimilitude of fact, and to touch fact with the colour and vivacity of fiction.'

The Fire Ship

The Fire Ship

Author: Peter Tonkin

Publisher:

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9781560545040

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Download or read book The Fire Ship written by Peter Tonkin and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fireship

Fireship

Author: Joan D. Vinge

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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"Learn what it's like to share your mind and body with a super-computer, then discover the joys and sorrows of parenthood on an alien world."--Page 2 of cover


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Download or read book Fireship written by Joan D. Vinge and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn what it's like to share your mind and body with a super-computer, then discover the joys and sorrows of parenthood on an alien world."--Page 2 of cover

The fire-ships

The fire-ships

Author: William Henry G. Kingston

Publisher:

Published: 1862

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book The fire-ships written by William Henry G. Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fireship

The Fireship

Author: C. Northcote Parkinson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2002-03-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1590136128

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Having obtained a position on the Glatton, Richard Delancey is soon to see action in the Battle of Camperdown. But the Nore and Spithead mutinies intervene to upset the course of his career. He devises an original legal defense in the court martial of a fellow officer accused of murder, and acquits himself well, but falls afoul of the naval establishment and is passed over in the general promotion of all in his rank.


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Download or read book The Fireship written by C. Northcote Parkinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having obtained a position on the Glatton, Richard Delancey is soon to see action in the Battle of Camperdown. But the Nore and Spithead mutinies intervene to upset the course of his career. He devises an original legal defense in the court martial of a fellow officer accused of murder, and acquits himself well, but falls afoul of the naval establishment and is passed over in the general promotion of all in his rank.

Fire Ship

Fire Ship

Author: P. Tomkin

Publisher:

Published: 1994-10-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780517131770

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Fire Ship

Fire Ship

Author: Diane Carey

Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780671014674

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Download or read book Fire Ship written by Diane Carey and published by Pocket Books/Star Trek. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction roman.