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Monster Reading List


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Author: Julian Stockwin - The Thomas Kydd series
Series titles in reading order:

  1. Kydd
  2. Artemis
  3. Seaflower
  4. Mutiny
  5. Quarterdeck
  6. Tenacious
  7. Command
  8. The Admiral’s Daughter
  9. Treachery (The Privateer’s Revenge)
  10. Invasion

Author: Steven D. Thomas

  1. The Last Navigator

Author: Patrick O’Brian

The Aubrey/Maturin series (21 books)

Music CD’s “Musical Evenings with the Captain”

Other books relating to the works of Patrick O’Brian

Author: Chris Chant

  1. Patrick O’Brian’s Navy

Author: Dean King
John B. Hattendorf

  1. Harbors and High Seas
  2. A Sea of Words
  3. Patrick O’Brian: A Life
  4. Every Man Will Do His Duty

Author: Brian Lavery

  1. Jack Aubrey Commands...

Author: Ann Grossman, Lisa Grossman Thomas

  1. Lobscouse and Spotted Dog

Author: Anthony Gary Brown

  1. The Patrick O’Brian Muster Book

Author: Susan Wenger

  1. The Port-Wine Sea (a Parody)

The Captain Bartholome Hoare Series

Author: Wilder Perkins

  1. Hoare and the Portsmouth Atrocities
  2. Hoare and the Headless Captains
  3. Hoare and the Matter of Treason

The Revolution at Sea Series

Author: James L. Nelson

  1. By Force of Arms
  2. The Maddest Idea
  3. The Continental Risque
  4. Lords of the Ocean
  5. All the Brave Fellows

The Bretheren of the Coast Series

  1. The Guard Ship
  2. The Blackbirder
  3. The Pirate Round

Other Books by James L. Nelson

  1. Benedict Arnold’s Navy
  2. The Only Life That Mattered
  3. Glory in the Name
  4. Thieves of Mercy
  5. Reign of Iron

Author: William Dampier

  1. A New Voyage Around the World
  2. The Buccaneer Explorer
  3. A Voyage to New Holland

Books about William Dampier

Author: Diana Preston. Michael Preston

  1. A Pirate of Exquisite Mind

Author: Alex George

  1. William Dampier in New Holland

Author: Leslie Ronald Marchant

  1. An Island unto itself

The United States Constitution
Authors: Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison

  1. The Federalist Papers

Author: Sloan Wilson

  1. Ice Brothers
  2. Pacific Interlude
  3. Greatest Crime

Author: Morris West

1. The Navigator

Author: John B. Keane

1. The Bodhran Makers

Author: Frank Delaney

1. Ireland

2. Tipparary

3. Shannon

4. Simple Courage

5. Sins of the Mothers

6. The Celts