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    The Blooding of the Guns

    By Alexander Fullerton

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    A young sailor with the weight of the world on his shoulders, a brother in the line of fire, and the greatest naval battle of all time…

    Jutland, 1916: In the icy waters of the North Sea, the Royal Navy awaits the challenge of the Kaiser’s High Sea Fleet.

    Sub-lieutenant Nick Everard could never have imagined the terror he would face as his destroyer races to launch its torpedoes into the blazing guns of a horizon obscured by dreadnoughts.

    But when the steering-gear on HMS Warspite jams, it is up to Nick, along with his brother, Hugh, to save thousands of lives.

    Dramatic, action-packed and brimming with suspense, The Blooding of the Guns launches the epic career of Nicholas Everard, and is perfect for fans of C. S. Forrester, Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.

    Praise for Alexander Fullerton

    ‘The most meticulously researched war novels that I have ever read’ Len Deighton

    ‘His action passages are superb and he never puts a period foot wrong’ Observer

    ‘The research is unimpeachable and the scent of battle quite overwhelming’ Sunday Times

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCanelo Digital Publishing Ltd
    Release dateJul 3, 2017
    ISBN9781911591504
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    Alexander Fullerton

    Alexander Fullerton was a bestselling author of British naval fiction, whose writing career spanned over fifty years. He served with distinction as gunnery and torpedo officer of HM Submarine Seadog during World War Two. He was a fluent Russian speaker, and after the war served in Germany as the Royal Navy liaison with the Red Army. His first novel, Surface!, was written on the backs of old cargo manifests. It sold over 500,000 copies and needed five reprints in six weeks. Fullerton is perhaps best known though for his nine-volume Nicholas Everard series, which was translated into many languages, winning him fans all round the world. His fiftieth novel, Submariner, was published in 2008, the year of his death.

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