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The corvette / Richard Woodman.
Van Pelt Library PR6073.O618 C6 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodman, Richard, 1944-2024.
- Series:
- Mariner's library fiction classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greenland.
- Drinkwater, Nathaniel (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Drinkwater, Nathaniel (Fictitious character).
- Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- Naval history.
- Whaling ships--Fiction.
- Whaling ships.
- Greenland--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Sea stories.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Sheridan House, 2000.
- Summary:
- The frozen splendor of the Arctic Ocean and the absorbing drama of a nineteenth century whale hunt unfold in The Corvette.
- Commander Drinkwater is dispatched to replace the captain of the Melusine. The ship sails as an escort to a whaling fleet on its expedition to the Greenland Sea in pursuit of right whales.
- During the whale hunt the loss of one of the vessels sets off a chain of misfortune. Disaster, death and treachery result.
- Notes:
- "A Nathaniel Drinkwater novel"--Cover.
- Sequel to: The bomb vessel.
- "First published in Great Britain 1985 by John Murray (Publishers) Ltd"--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 157409100X
- OCLC:
- 44676046
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