Nathaniel Drinkwater Omnibus; Richard Woodman; Warner Books, 2000; ISBN 0 7515 2979 6; £9.99; CA 15662

A Book for a sailors enjoyment. Passes the time most delightfully while waiting for water over the bar, wind to appear, or a long awaited landfall to resolve. And does so with style and a proper nautical flavour, being the further adventures of Nathaniel Drinkwater R.N. For the first time published as an omnibus of three adventures, ‘The Eye of the Fleet’, ‘A King’s Cutter’ and ‘A Brig of War’, all set in the days of Nelson and in the sea areas of English Channel, French Coast, Spain and the Red Sea. Dig out your charts to help the words come to life!

So often the experienced and committed sailor suffers extreme frustration when subjected to glaring errors in word or portrayal of a seagoing adventure. No fears in the case of this author who has served at sea from apprentice to captain. He is also a member of several nautical historical societies - so one can read about ship handling, rigs and derring-do with confidence, secure in the knowledge that there will be no confusion between a ‘clew garnet’ and a ‘cathead’. The description of seagoing actions is so absorbing that one can almost smell and hear the firing of gun and passage of shot. - MJ

Page prepared 26 January 2000

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