For historical accuracy, writing verve and skill, and pace of narrative, [Stuart] stands alone.
Description
The Crimean War is at its peak as the winter of 1854 sets in, and Commander Phillip Hazard of the 31-gun, steam-screw frigate Trojan is sent to bring troop reinforcements from Constantinople to Eupatoria. On the way, he must handle an overbearing young nobleman with a taste for blood and the pitiless power of a raging storm.
Pages256
Released2004
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGlobe Pequot Publishing
ISBN9781590131916
SellerSimon & Schuster
Reviews
[Hazard] is a worthy successor to the Horatio Hornblower series, and make no bones about it.
Stuart tells a story so well, with such convincing detail, that Phillip Hazard may stand on the same proud deck as Horatio Hornblower.
The redoubtable Commander Hazard has won a permanent place in historical fiction and he places his author in the foremost ranks of the writers in this field.
The author's command of the smallest detail of the period is impressive. A historical novel of scholarship.
[Hazard] takes up precisely where Forester and Hornblower left off . . . and in many ways Phillip Horatio Hazard is a superior creation.
