The Winds of Folly (Audible Audio Edition) Seth Hunter Terry Wale Soundings Books
Download As PDF : The Winds of Folly (Audible Audio Edition) Seth Hunter Terry Wale Soundings Books
1796 Nathan Peake, captain of the frigate Unicorn is sent with a small squadron to help bring Venice into an Italian alliance against the French. He establishes a British naval presence, harrying the French corsairs that swarm out of Ancona. While Nathan confronts the politics in Venice, his mission is further complicated by the arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte's aide-de-camp, Junot.
Meanwhile, in Venice, French troops move into the city. Nathan learns that Bonaparte is negotiating a peace deal with the Austrians - Britain's only remaining ally. Worse, the Spanish are about to ally with the French. Nathan returns to the Unicorn and rejoins Nelson for a decisive battle against the entire Spanish fleet.
The Winds of Folly (Audible Audio Edition) Seth Hunter Terry Wale Soundings Books
I’m writing a single review for all six of the Nathan Peake novels, having just finished all six, front to back, one after another. (I guess that says something about them right there!)I have to say that I found the novels enthralling. Good stories, well told. They are heavily researched, and the author does a great job of placing them in context and also in conveying a lot of fine detail about the situations and events he creates or portrays. His characters are well-drawn and believable. His protagonist, Nathan Peake, is complex and multifaceted but also very human, motivated by such things as honor and integrity, but also flawed and conflicted, in particular about the things that motivate him to engage in warfare. The other characters are similarly complex, and the stories the author weaves around them are compelling.
One thing you should understand is that the protagonist, Nathan Peake, spends a lot of time in places other than at the helm of a ship. The stories involve a lot of political intrigue which take Peake to some pretty interesting situations and locations. And while there is a fair amount of well-conveyed naval action, a lot of action happens in places like Paris, Venice, the silk road, India, and more. Some have complained that too much of the stories take place on land instead of onboard ships, but I’ll leave that to the reader to decide.
One of the things I like the most about the series is the way the author weaves his stories around real events and real people. I know the real history around some of the events and people he portrays, and his touch with them is deft. He winds his characters through the real history in a fascinating way, never treading on the known facts but working right around the fringes of them to make you believe his characters were there and were part of it.
This is really well done historical fiction, in my book. And I particularly like the notes at the end of each book which tease out which parts of the events in the book, and which characters, were real, were partly real, or were wholely fiction. I like that the author embraces the weaving of fact and fiction, and understands that readers like myself love to speculate, and to know, what is real and what was created by the author. It’s part of the fun!
Another thing I like is the way the stories develop. Each book is its own story and I expect could be read independently. The author provides enough background in the later novels that the reader can know the context without overloading the dedicated reader with excessive repetition. But the later stories definitely build on the former and become more complex and layered, which is really enjoyable. Again, very good story-telling.
I’ve read and enjoyed several great series on the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. My favorite is Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho series, especially the first perhaps 10 books, which I think are some of the best fiction ever written about the era. I also really like Antoine Vanner’s series, which interestingly take place in late Victorian times during the transition from sail to steam and wood to iron. I think this series can hold it’s head up well in that mix. If you like nautical fiction, you’ll enjoy these books!
Product details
|
Tags : Amazon.com: The Winds of Folly (Audible Audio Edition): Seth Hunter, Terry Wale, Soundings: Books, ,Seth Hunter, Terry Wale, Soundings,The Winds of Folly,Soundings,B00DDZJ8HU
People also read other books :
- A Way Of Life Sir William Osler 9781247528366 Books
- Between Shadows Mrs Joanne Durann 9781456508364 Books
- Humanity is Sick Who Heals Who? Conversations With Humans edition by Marvin Ellis Politics Social Sciences eBooks
- Driven To Mate M/M Alpha/Omega MPREG Wolves of White Falls Book 2 edition by Harper B Cole Literature Fiction eBooks
- No Medals Today Shlomi Tal Books
The Winds of Folly (Audible Audio Edition) Seth Hunter Terry Wale Soundings Books Reviews
An improvement over the last. I suppose the author is maturing in his skills. shall we see next what comes of CAPT. Peak? Has Nelsons swan song sung?
Good writing and the author gets you interested in both the characters and the historical story line.
Less interesting than previous books. Author needs to assume reader has read and is familiar with story line and move along. Onto the next one
A good, enjoyable story, but light on the naval action. The war and accompanying intrigue in the Adriatic is not often treated in these novels, so that aspect was interesting, but I would have enjoyed a little more cannon fire.
This is my favorite book in the series.
Although it takes place in multiple locations, across a large period of time (I believe a year passes from start to finish), it is a fast paced read. I think this is becoming my favorite Historic Naval Fiction series out of all the ones I've read (Ramage, Lewrie, Kydd, Bolitho, Hayden, Fox). Too bad it only has 6 books.
One aspect I found really endearing in this series is the female lead. Starting with this book they changed the female lead from Sara to Caterina. I really like both of them and it's great that they have a voice. Sometimes the narration moves to their POV, and others as well. It's great to see the world, and our hero through someone else's eyes for a change.
Another great point is that the female lead is as complex a character as the hero. They are not overly tragic, not useless, not hopelessly in love with the main character from the moment they meet. There is no overwhelming romance story, and though there is such a story, the author keeps it at an appropriate measure considering the focus of the series, and the two people (hero and heroine) are individual, independent and rational.
I loved to see Nathan meet up with Bonaparte once again, and the sheer preposterousness of it and several other moments in the book kept me reading and enjoying.
The hospital chapter with the memory loss seemed a little overdone, but it might be explained by the author's need for Nathan not to give up his real identity while delirious or something. Also something I haven't encountered before was the detail with which Nathan's stay in the hospital in Venice was narrated.
I miss Nathan's mom.
I have stuck with Seth Hunter and his lead character, Nathaniel Peake, through this, the fourth in the series, and I must admit I have come to appreciate both. Though Peake isn't as endearing a character as Jack Aubrey he has grown on me.
There are those who complain Peake spends more time on shore than off. If they are also fans of Patrick O'Brian I would remind them that Stephen Maturin spent hundreds of pages on shore as an intelligence agent. Hunter has craftily combined the Aubrey character as ship's captain with the Maturin character as intelligence agent into one character. Though clumsy at times, ultimately, it works.
If you haven't read any of the previous volumes in this series I suggest starting with the first, "The Time of Terror", and give it time.
Of all today's authors writing fighting sail novels, Hunter is the most accomplished.
Seth Hunter’s Nathan Peake series consists of four novels The Time of Terror, The Tide of War, The Winds of Folly, and The Price of Glory. Hunter, an excellent writer, takes his protagonist through adventures both naval and amorous without ever forsaking the realm of plausibility that encompasses all four books without boring the reader with needless, drawn out recapitulations. Salient episodes are recalled as the mega-story progresses, but only enough to remind the series’ reader of crucial details of plot and character and allow readers of a single volume to understand needed context. Fans of naval fiction should not miss these works.
I’m writing a single review for all six of the Nathan Peake novels, having just finished all six, front to back, one after another. (I guess that says something about them right there!)
I have to say that I found the novels enthralling. Good stories, well told. They are heavily researched, and the author does a great job of placing them in context and also in conveying a lot of fine detail about the situations and events he creates or portrays. His characters are well-drawn and believable. His protagonist, Nathan Peake, is complex and multifaceted but also very human, motivated by such things as honor and integrity, but also flawed and conflicted, in particular about the things that motivate him to engage in warfare. The other characters are similarly complex, and the stories the author weaves around them are compelling.
One thing you should understand is that the protagonist, Nathan Peake, spends a lot of time in places other than at the helm of a ship. The stories involve a lot of political intrigue which take Peake to some pretty interesting situations and locations. And while there is a fair amount of well-conveyed naval action, a lot of action happens in places like Paris, Venice, the silk road, India, and more. Some have complained that too much of the stories take place on land instead of onboard ships, but I’ll leave that to the reader to decide.
One of the things I like the most about the series is the way the author weaves his stories around real events and real people. I know the real history around some of the events and people he portrays, and his touch with them is deft. He winds his characters through the real history in a fascinating way, never treading on the known facts but working right around the fringes of them to make you believe his characters were there and were part of it.
This is really well done historical fiction, in my book. And I particularly like the notes at the end of each book which tease out which parts of the events in the book, and which characters, were real, were partly real, or were wholely fiction. I like that the author embraces the weaving of fact and fiction, and understands that readers like myself love to speculate, and to know, what is real and what was created by the author. It’s part of the fun!
Another thing I like is the way the stories develop. Each book is its own story and I expect could be read independently. The author provides enough background in the later novels that the reader can know the context without overloading the dedicated reader with excessive repetition. But the later stories definitely build on the former and become more complex and layered, which is really enjoyable. Again, very good story-telling.
I’ve read and enjoyed several great series on the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. My favorite is Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho series, especially the first perhaps 10 books, which I think are some of the best fiction ever written about the era. I also really like Antoine Vanner’s series, which interestingly take place in late Victorian times during the transition from sail to steam and wood to iron. I think this series can hold it’s head up well in that mix. If you like nautical fiction, you’ll enjoy these books!
0 Response to "[BBO]≫ Read Gratis The Winds of Folly (Audible Audio Edition) Seth Hunter Terry Wale Soundings Books"
Post a Comment