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Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (29 December 1925 – 25 April 1997) was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage series of historical novels. Greatly inspired by C.S. Forester, Pope was one of the most successful authors to explore the genre of nautical fiction, often compared to Patrick O'Brian.

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Dudley Pope

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Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (29 December 1925 – 25 April 1997) was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage...

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Horatio Hornblower

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Forester [author of the Horatio Hornblower series of sea adventures]." Dudley Pope was encouraged by C. S. Forester to create his Lord Ramage series of...

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Corsair

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superheroes Cyclops and Havok Corsair, a nautical historical novel by Dudley Pope, published in 1987 Corsair (Bunch novel), a 2001 fantasy novel by Chris...

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Anne Dudley

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Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's...

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Lord Ramage

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fictional character, the protagonist of a series of sea novels written by Dudley Pope. Ramage was an officer in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars....

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War of the Second Coalition

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Victory in Egypt, 1801: The End of Napoleon's Conquest (1995) online Dudley Pope, The Great Gamble: Nelson at Copenhagen (1972). Agatha Ramm (1967), Germany...

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Flintlock mechanism

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by J.F. Hayward, 1965, published by Bramhall House, New York. Guns by Dudley Pope, 1969, Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd. This is an inexpensive large format...

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Maracaibo

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2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Harry Morgan's Way, (AlisonPress, 1977), Dudley Pope, ISBN 978-1842324820 Caribbean, James A.Michener, Guild Publishing, 1989...

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Spithead and Nore mutinies

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part of the plot. Ramage and the Freebooters (1969) by British novelist Dudley Pope begins when Lieutenant Ramage is given command of a ship anchored at...

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Battle of Trafalgar

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Admiral Nelson's funeral in London. In Ramage at Trafalgar (1986), by Dudley Pope, Ramage commands the fictitious frigate HMS Calypso, which is attached...

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Brig

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Island. Triton in Ramage and the Freebooters and Governor Ramage R.N. by Dudley Pope. Poison Orchid in Scott Lynch's Red Seas Under Red Skies. Lady Caroline...

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Battle of the Barents Sea

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duty to the end. The battle was the subject of the book 73 North by Dudley Pope and the poem JW51B: A Convoy by Alan Ross, who served on Onslow. Woodman...

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Battle of the River Plate

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1914–1964 (2nd ed.). London: Peter Davies Ltd. ASIN B000QSV7M6. Pope, Dudley Pope (1999) [1956]. The Battle of the River Plate. London: Chatham Publishing...

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Napoleonic Wars

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notable leaders. Four books in the series. The Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope takes place during the Napoleonic Wars. Jeanette Winterson's 1987 novel...

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Hans Langsdorff

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German section of the La Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dudley Pope noted in his book The Battle of the River Plate that an Imperial naval...

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Bomb vessel

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during the final period of the siege of Gibraltar. In The Ramage Touch by Dudley Pope (published 1979), Captain Lord Ramage and the crew of the frigate Calypso...

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Proverb

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was actually known. For example, the novel Ramage and the Rebels, by Dudley Pope is set in approximately 1800. Captain Ramage reminds his adversary "You...

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Diamond Rock

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officer), based his 1950 novel The Diamond Rock on the 1804 event, as did Dudley Pope in his 1976 novel Ramage's Diamond. A song called "The Island of Diamond...

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List of fictional ships

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ships share that name, none of them a submarine.) Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope HMS Calypso HMS Dido HMS Jocasta HM Triton – brig John Fury series by...

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List of sailors

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Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were Donn Pearce, author of Cool Hand Luke Dudley Pope, British writer of both nautical fiction and history Richard Scott Prather...

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Ramage and the Freebooters

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Ramage and the Freebooters, is an historical novel by Dudley Pope, set during the French Revolutionary Wars. It is the third of the Ramage novels, following...

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