C.S Forester ... Alexander Kent ... Patrick O'Brian ... Richard Woodman ...
Master spinners of sea yarns, and Daphne has enjoyed them all.
So I'm delighted (hat tip: reader – or maybe I should say pirate – P) to discover a newcomer to the genre of maritime fiction.
And as yarns go this one's a caulker – sorry, make that corker.
That's a rum yarn alright.
Mind you, the author is known to excel at yarns.
This, for instance:
Remember how, in Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian's Captain Aubrey responded when Dr Maturin described the Surprise as "a somewhat aged man of war"?:
"She's not old. She's in her prime."Well, here's to a few more broadsides!
Boom!
(One coming up, soon after this.)
He's done his homework on the Naval side, but what makes him think he'll find your sub?
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine why he thinks the Daphne Anson unseaworthy and sunk. It must be a case of "the wish is padre to the thought"!
DeleteYou're living in Sizer's head rent free, he can't stop thinking about you.
ReplyDeleteI guess he must like the cut of my jib!
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