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The release of the Carlisle & Holbrooke Naval Adventures in audiobook format continues with the publication of the seventh in the series – Rocks and Shoals – which is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes. Like books three, four, five and six, Rocks and Shoals is … Continue reading →

The fifth book in the Carlisle & Holbrooke series of Naval Adventures is now available as an AUDIOBOOK The release of the Carlisle & Holbrooke Naval Adventures in audiobook format continues with the publication of the fifth in the series … Continue reading →

I may argue with my brother, but I fight beside my brother against my cousin, and with my cousin against a stranger.* I’m pleased to announce that Cousins At Arms has been published in Paperback and Kindle and is also … Continue reading →

The fourth book in the series is now available as an audiobook, again narrated by David Lane Pusey Holbrooke’s Tide is the first book where George Holbrooke features as a commanding officer in his own right. It is 1758, and … Continue reading →

Great news! The third Carlisle & Holbrooke Naval Adventure – The Jamaica Station – is now available as an Audiobook, narrated by the wonderful David Lane Pusey You can download a copy from: Audible Amazon iTunes I hope to release … Continue reading →

I’m a couple of weeks late, but here is a rare photograph of a gathering of four naval fiction authors. The occasion was the annual dinner of the Society for Nautical Research on board the restored HMS Warrior in Portsmouth … Continue reading →

I’m pleased to report that Treacherous Moon has been published in Paperback and Kindle and is also available to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. This is the twelfth in the Carlisle & Holbrooke series and it takes George Holbrooke to the expedition … Continue reading →

Falconer’s Marine Dictionary is the most used reference book in my study. It was first published in 1769, so it’s contemporary with the era of the Carlisle & Holbrooke series. Falconer fills 328 pages with English terms, followed by a … Continue reading →

The first copy of the paperback had just arrived. My friend Bob Payne painted the image of a fourth rate ship-of-the-line and an armed cutter, with the Pitons of St. Lucia in the background. I particularly like the way the … Continue reading →

I’m delighted to announce that the eleventh book in the series is now available. CARLISLE’S DUTY is set in the Caribbean but ranges as far as New England and Virginia North America’s French and Indian War may be over, but … Continue reading →