Authentic naval adventure . . . full of action.
Description
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.
Pages208
Released2002
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGlobe Pequot Publishing
ISBN9781590136126
SellerSimon & Schuster
Reviews
The sharp tang of powder and tar and salty sea along with the boom of the cannon and shouts of men in battle.
All the competence, courage, and ingenuity of a Hornblower along with a bit more polish. . . . C.S. Forester would have approved of Delancey.
A historical novelist in the best traditions of C.S. Forester and Alexander Kent.
Most fictional heroes of the Napoleonic Wars at sea are as wooden as their ships, a generalisation from which Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and Professor Parkinson's Richard Delancey can be exempted.
[Parkinson's] knowledge of the naval world of the Napoleonic era was encyclopaedic; his understanding of ships and seamen, of politics, strategy and trade almost unrivalled.
David Powell, Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers
If you enjoy salty tales told by the man who knows the sea, British history, as well as words, winches and wimbrels, Devil to Pay will see you through a fine evening handily.
Portland (Maine) Sunday Telegram
