- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Fontana Press; New Ed edition (30 Jun 1980)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006159222
- ISBN-13: 978-0006159223
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 705,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The ever-popular Lord Ramage is in the Mediterranean with another daring mission to undertake. He soon makes a shocking discovery which dramatically transforms the nature of the task at hand. With the nearest English vessel a thousand miles away, Ramage must embark upon a truly perilous and life-threatening course of action. With everything stacked against him, he has only one chance to succeed.
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Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope was born in 1925 into an ancient Cornish seafaring family. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen and spent much of his early life at sea. He was torpedoed during the Second World War and his resulting spinal injuries plagues him for the rest of his life. Towards the end of the war he turned to journalism becoming the Naval and Defence Correspondent for the London Evening News. Encouraged by Hornblower creator CS Forester, he began writing fiction using his own experiences in the Navy and his extensive historical research as a basis. In 1965 he wrote 'Ramage', the first of his highly successful series of novels following the exploits of the heroic Lord Nicholas Ramage during the Napoleonic Wars. He continued to live aboard boats whenever possible and this was where he wrote the majority of his novels. Dudley Pope died in 1997 aged seventy one.
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Format:Paperback
Dudley Pope is excellent on the period detail that makes these novels so authentic. A strong grasp of the terms, slang and geographical features of the setting all make this book engrossing.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This dull book suffers from all the weaknesses of Pope's writing and none of his strengths. Reading this book was like wading through the LaBrea Tar Pits. Way too much detail on trivial matters and little action and suspense. Just when things begin to get interesting, Pope pulls the rug out from under the reader and leaves him wondering what is going on. This happens over and over. There simply is no climax to any of the episodes. They just fizzle out. And they aren't filled with anything to keep the reader interested. The whole story--Ramage capturing several bomb ketches, sinking two frigates--should be a jolly ol' read. But it isn't. I'll keep plugging along with this series, but hope the next one is better.
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Back to Tuscany
19 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
Making landfall off the Tuscan coast of Italy (familiar to readers of the very first Ramage novel as the home of his love), Capt. Ramage's frigate Calypso falls in with two French bomb vessels. With the discovery the t wo vessels were to join frigate transports for a secret invasion plan, Ramage's eyes light with new possibilities for applying his devastating but low-casualty "touch" to discomfit Napoleon. Can he discover the destination? He becomes a gypsy spy, attacks a harbor, and chases a frigate, all in pursuit of this goal. His cruise in the Mediterranean is to be continued in the next volume (Ramage's Signal).
More deliberately paced than, say, Alexander Kent's swashbuckling Bolitho series, Pope wrote two major actions to Kent's typical five. Pope includes short didactic pieces, which slow the narrative but contribute to the depth of the story. For example, in the middle of this volume (and to build suspense) is an entertaining section on the handling of Calypso's anchors, and later the commands necessary for setting sail. This series is easier than others for the novice to follow, whereas the Bolitho is for those seeking pure action.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Misprint???
27 Jun 2009
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As with all Pope's novels in the Ramage series, an enjoyable read, not his best, but enjoyable all the same. My only concern was that the copy that I recieved had Chapter Four all scrambled up. The first page carried on following the previous chapter, then proceeded to go onto ramblings of the First Lt for half the chapter, and then switched to Mid Orisini reading the instructions for the mortar firing. All in all more than a bit disconcerting. I had to read the Chapter twice and double check that the pages were correctly numbered. After that the book went fairly well.
As a serious reader I persisted, but I could see where a non serious reader may have given up or been turned off at reading more from an outstanding author and historian. I can only hope that my copy was a misprint and not a sample of the book publishers art.
As a serious reader I persisted, but I could see where a non serious reader may have given up or been turned off at reading more from an outstanding author and historian. I can only hope that my copy was a misprint and not a sample of the book publishers art.
The good and the bad
29 Mar 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have enjoyed late 18th and early 19th century British naval fiction since reading Hornblower in Saturday Evening Post and have enjoyed Pope's Ramage series but am disappointed that after reading the first 13 of the series on Kindle the rest are not available on Kindle. I don't know why or how to find out if they will be. I prefer Kindle to paper to the horror of my retired librarian friend.
Pope has avoided the problem of some of his predecessors in the genre who underestimated the success of their work and compressed too much time in their early work -- making additional works out of chronological sync.
So in the meantime I've turned to Mission Earth and Uncle Tom's Cabin
Pope's character development is appropriately gradual and consistent, but the appearance and disappearance (especially} of the Countess was a bit roughly done. Plus his occasional dalliances aren't explained or justified with his character.
Let's get the rest of this series on Kindle so I can see how Ramage turns out.
Deacon
Pope has avoided the problem of some of his predecessors in the genre who underestimated the success of their work and compressed too much time in their early work -- making additional works out of chronological sync.
So in the meantime I've turned to Mission Earth and Uncle Tom's Cabin
Pope's character development is appropriately gradual and consistent, but the appearance and disappearance (especially} of the Countess was a bit roughly done. Plus his occasional dalliances aren't explained or justified with his character.
Let's get the rest of this series on Kindle so I can see how Ramage turns out.
Deacon
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