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Russell, S. Thomas (Sean) (1952- )

Charles Hayden series:

  1. Under Enemy Colours. G.P. Putnam's, 2007. 486 pages

    His career challenged by a mixed heritage in spite of his loyalty to the king of England, French Revolution-era naval officer Charles Saunders Hayden finds himself aboard an aging frigate that becomes subject to violent crew outbursts and mutiny.

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  3. A Battle Won. G.P. Putnam's, 2010. 457 pages

    After being tasked with taking HMS Themis into battle against the French for the strategically located island of Corsica, Master and Commander Charles Hayden soon must land his ship on Corsica, where his men join forces with native insurgents.

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  5. A Ship of War. Michael Joseph, 2012. 512 pages

    Charles Hayden sets off aboard the ill-fated HMS Themis with orders to destroy a French frigate sailing from Le Havre and to gather intelligence from a royalist spy. On discovering French plans for an imminent invasion of England, Hayden must return to Portsmouth to give warning before it's too late. U.S. title: Take, Burn and Destroy.

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  7. Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead. Putnam, 2014. 448 pages

    Under the command of the steadfast Captain Charles Hayden, Royal Navy frigate HMS Themis is sent across the Atlantic to counter the threat of the French forces in the West Indies. But before she strikes port in Barbados, the Themis intercepts a single boat adrift in the middle of the ocean - its sole occupants, two young Spanish noblemen. But not is all as it seems with Hayden's unexpected guests.

 

 

 


Russell, William ("Waters") (1806-1876)

Captain Kirke Webbe : edited (and brought to a conclusion) by Frederick W. Hayes. Hutchinson, 1907. 352 pages

During the Napoleonic wars, a privateer holds letters of marque from both the British and the French. He sees no problem in preying on the commerce of both sides. Expansion of Kirke Webbe, the privateer captain: Knight, 1856. Frederick W. Hayes (1848-1918) was a landscape painter

 

 

 


Russell, W. (William) Clark (1844-1911)

John Holdsworth, Chief Mate. Sampson Low, 1875. 3 volumes

The newly married eponymous character suffers total amnesia after ten days in an open boat. After five years, his memory begins to return

 

 

 

 

The Wreck of the Grosvenor: an account of the mutiny of the crew and the loss of the ship when trying to make the Bermudas. Sampson Low, 1877. 3 volumes

This gripping tale of the sea follows the disastrous of the Grosvenor of the British voyage Mercantile Marine, bound for Valparaiso. Aboard are a brutal and inhuman captain and chief mate. Mr. Royle, the ship's second mate, is our hero. Buffetted by the crew's mutiny and the captain's murder, and initiated into seamanship via brutal storms and a shipwreck, Mr. Royle rises to the rank of captain and gallantly proceeds to rescue a beautiful, wealthy young lady and her ailing father.

 

 

Auld Lang Syne. Sampson Low, 1878. 2 volumes

A young man is pressed to serve aboard the Cleopatra

 

A Sailor's Sweetheart: An account of the wreck of the sailing ship 'Waldershare', from the narrative of Mr. William Lee, second mate. Sampson Low, 1880. 3 volumes

A tale of a captain's madness, a woman's devotion, a shipwreck, and a dangerous escape from an island

 

 

 

 

An Ocean Free-Lance : from a Privateersman's log, 1812. R. Bentley, 1881. 3 volumes

My Watch Below; or, Yarns Spun When Off Duty. Sampson Low, 1882. 248 pages

By 'A Seafarer'

The Lady Maud: a Narrative and Her Loss on One of the Bahama Cays, from an Account of a Guest on Board. Sampson Low, 1882. 3 volumes

 

Round the Galley Fire [Stories and Sketches, originally published in the Daily Telegraph]. Chatto & Windus, 1883. 308 pages

 

 

 

 

 

A Sea Queen. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883. 3 volumes

Young lady finally gets to sea with her captain husband for a mutiny, hurricane, fire at sea, fever, and other adventures.

Jack's Courtship : a Sailor's yarn of love and Shipwreck. S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1884. 3 volumes

On the Fo'k'sle Head [Stories and Sketches]. Chatto & Windus, 1884. 308 pages

A Strange Voyage. S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885. 3 volumes

In the Middle Watch [Stories and Sketches]. Chatto & Windus, 1885. 291 pages

A Voyage to the Cape [Sketches]. Chatto & Windus, 1886. 360 pages

 

The Frozen Pirate. Sampson Low, 1887. 3 volumes

Paul Rodney survives shipwreck in the Straits of Magellan, but then faces a greater danger. He finds an older ship, frozen in the ice, filled with frozen corpses. But the corpses are not dead; they're merely frozen in a suspension of life. One of them revives and Rodney must determine how to work with these ancient, blood-thirsty pirates if he, and they, are to survive

 

 

 

The Golden Hope: a Romance of the Deep. Sampson Low, 1887. 2 volumes

A Book for the Hammock [Sketches]. Chatto & Windus, 1887. 302 pages

The Death Ship, a Strange Story: an account of a cruise in "The Flying Dutchman", collected from the papers of the late Mr. Geoffrey Fenton, of Poplar, Master Mariner. Hurst and Blackett, 1888. 3 volumes

 

The Mystery of the Ocean Star : a collection of maritime sketches. Chatto & Windus, 1888. 311 pages

 

 

 

 

 

Marooned: a Sea Tale. Macmillan, 1889. 3 volumes

The Romance of Jenny Harlowe, and sketches of Maritime Life. Chatto & Windus, 1889. 396 pages

My Shipmate Louise : the romance of a wreck. Chatto & Windus, 1890. 3 volumes

An Ocean Tragedy. Chatto & Windus, 1890. 3 volumes

Mad Sir Wilfred's wife has run off with the dashing Colonel Hope-Kennedy in the schooner yacht SHARK, and Sir Wilfred means to get her back. Sir Wilfred has armed his yacht, the BRIDE, with a long, brass 18-pounder and gone after the fleeing couple. The events are many, including the unfortunate death of a Portuguese seaman at the hands of the 18-pounder, the haunting of the BRIDE, the fortuitous capture of the two "lovers" in mid-ocean, the duel on the quarterdeck, the wreck of the BRIDE on the volcanic island that wasn't supposed to be there, and, best of all, the fossilized galleon on the crest of the island that can only be inhabited by the castaways after the water is drained out of her.

 

Master Rockafellar's Voyage. Methuen, 1890. 272 pages

 

 

 

 

 

My Danish Sweetheart : the romance of a month. Methuen, 1891. 3 volumes

A Marriage at Sea. Methuen, 1891. 2 volumes

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea. Chatto & Windus, 1892. 3 volumes

Mrs. Dines' Jewels. A mid-Atlantic romance. Sampson Low, 1892. 258 pages

 

The Emigrant Ship. Sampson Low, 1893. 3 volumes

 

 

 

 

 

List, Ye Landsmen! A romance of incident. Cassell, 1893. 500 pages

The Tragedy of Ida Noble. Hutchinson, 1893. 315 pages

 

The Good Ship "Mohock". Chatto & Windus, 1894. 280 pages

A captain conspires (with pirates) against his own crew and passengers

 

 

 

 

The Convict Ship. Chatto & Windus, 1895. 3 volumes

 

Heart of Oak: A Three-Stranded Yarn. Chatto & Windus, 1895. 3 volumes

U.S. edition: A Three-Stranded Yarn: The Wreck of Lady Emma

 

 

 

 

The Phantom Death and Other Stories. Chatto & Windus, 1895. 275 pages

The Honour of the Flag and Other Stories. G. Putnam's Sons, 1895. 196 pages

The Tale of the Ten : a salt-water romance. Chatto & Windus, 1896. 3 volumes

 

What Cheer!: the sad story of a wicked sailor. Cassell, 1896. 464 pages

 

 

 

 

 

The Last Entry. Chatto & Windus, 1897. 262 pages

 

A Noble Haul. T. Fisher Unwin, 1897. 96 pages

 

 

 

 

 

A Tale of Two Tunnels: A Romance of the Western Waters. Chapman & Hall, 1897. 246 pages

U.S. title Captain Jackman : or, A tale of two tunnels

 

The Two Captains. Sampson Low, 1897. 372 pages

Serialized as The Rival Pirates

 

 

 

 

The Romance of a Midshipman. T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 376 pages

 

 

 

 

 

An Atlantic Tragedy [and other stories]. Drexel Biddle, 1899. 165 pages

 

A Voyage at Anchor. D. Appleton, 1899. 344 pages

 

 

 

 

 

Rose Island : the strange story of a love adventure at sea. E. Arnold, 1900. 353 pages

The Pretty Polly. A voyage of incident. Chatto & Windus, 1900. 324 pages

Alternate title The Cruise of the Pretty Polly

The Ship's Adventure. Archibald Constable, 1901. 352 pages

Serialized as A Heroine of the Sea. U.S. edition titled The Mate of the Good Ship York

Overdue. Chatto & Windus, 1903. 480 pages

Wrong Side Out. Chatto & Windus, 1904. 460 pages

Abandoned. Methuen, 1904. 309 pages

His Island Princess. Methuen, 1905. 312 pages

The Yarn of Old Harbour Town. T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. 454 pages

The tale of the kidnapping of a sea captain's daughter, his frantic pursuit of her, and a fight in the English Channel. Enlivening the novel is an unforgettable cameo appearance by Admiral Lord Nelson.

 

 

 

 


Rutherford, Gay [pseud. James Nobel Gifford] (1897?-1959)

Hearts at Sea. Gramercy, 1938. 255 pages

Jilted New York career girl books passage aboard poky freighter North Wind on a three week voyage to California. The passengers, crew and vessel are sympathetically portrayed.

 

 

 


 

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