Many authors have tried to replicate Forester’s work, but the Hornblower series of books and countless associated works is top of the list for adventures on wooden warships.

This is my second James Alexander Thom novel. It is another of his well written retelling of a story from the colonial period of America. I had no knowledge of Mary Ingles, but I am certainly going to learn more.

There’s a retired doctor who lives along one of my regular walking paths, and he’s got a little library box by the road. I saw this one and had to grab it. The movie is great, but learning the real story of T.E. Lawrence is so much better.