Broadsides and Carnage
Our first Legend@Lunch for 2008 was Head Master, Tim Hawkes, talking about one of his passions - naval history and the literature which it inspires.
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Dr. Hawkes read from or made reference to three authors in particular:
C. S. Forester (we hold Mr Midshipman Hornblower, Flying Colours, The General, The Ship and The African Queen), Dudley Pope (Ramage) and Alexander Kent *(Captain Richard Bolitho RN, The Flag Captain and Form Line of Battle!).
Other books of interest held by TKS Library include:
Patrick O’Brian (The Far Side of the World, Master and Commander), Jay Worrell (Sails on the Horizon, Any Approaching Enemy) and Julian Stockwin (Kydd). Stockwin’s web site is a treasure chest of interesting and archane items like scrimshaw and the poetry of the sea.
* Alexander Kent is the pen name of Douglas Reeman who is a prolific writer of 20th Century naval stories under his true name.
