Napoleon Gold Captain Luke Ryan Privateer Book 3 eBook Mark McMillin
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This is a story based on the true life adventures of Captain Luke Ryan - Irish swashbuckler, American patriot, mariner extraordinaire and Benjamin Franklin’s most dangerous privateer… It is an epic story about war, heroism, love, intrigue and betrayal spanning a period from the American Revolution, to the French Revolution and through the rise of Napoleon.
It is the spring of 1781 and the British Navy has finally caught the brilliant Captain Ryan, a man who terrorized English ships and towns for nearly two years. Ryan is tried for treason and piracy, convicted and sentenced to hang until King George grants mercy after hearing the pleas of Queen Marie Antoinette, an admirer of the young mariner, to spare the Irishman's life. After the war Ryan returns to France but he has no money, no ship or crew and has no prospects until one day he meets an ambitious entrepreneur named Joseph Bonaparte and his younger brother, a major in the French Army, named Napoleon...
The story is told in three books Gather the Shadowmen (The Lords of the Ocean), Prince of the Atlantic and Napoleon's Gold (which can be read in or out of sequence).
Napoleon Gold Captain Luke Ryan Privateer Book 3 eBook Mark McMillin
Irishman Luke Ryan is a patriot I'd never heard of before Mark McMillin's exciting series of historical novels inspired by Ryan's exploits. Each of the three volumes stands on it's own but addresses a different phase of Ryan's seafaring career; they can be enjoyed in or out of sequence, but I enjoyed reading them in sequence. Each also includes a section at the back of each volume: "Separating Fact from Fiction" that helps the reader appreciate the excellent story-telling of the author that brings his characters, their interests, motivations, and personalities to life.McMillin takes tidbits from the scant history of the real Luke Ryan to craft a compelling and engaging tale of adventures on the high seas. Woven within the tale are elements of naval warfare tactics; political intrigues and deceptions between England, France, and America as the rebellion of the colonies became a revolutionary struggle for human Liberty. The author entertainingly brings to life the economic realities that frequently motivate and direct the conduct and outcome of wars more than military or naval combat.
In the first volume, Gather the Shadowmen, we are introduced to the 25 year old Ryan and the core of his Irish crew. McMillin's tale begins in 1778 with Ryan's profitable smuggling of contraband between France and Ireland until he was caught by the British, the first of four times he was imprisoned and sentenced to be executed for piracy.
In the second volume, Prince of the Atlantic, it's 1779, the American war of Independence is going badly, and Ryan takes advantage of (America's Ambassador to France) Ben Franklin's need for privateers to wreak havoc on British shipping and capture British crews to be exchanged for American seamen imprisoned in England. With a privateer's charter, Ryan and his crew, if captured, must be treated as prisoners of war rather than being summarily hanged as pirates. In fact, Ryan and his crew wrought more havoc on British shipping than any other privateer. Eventually fielding three ships, Ryan's privateers captured or destroyed 114 enemy vessels: one in 7 of all captured in the entire war period!
The British designated as many as 40 frigates to hunt Ryan whose exploits tripled British maritime insurance rates and not only severely restricted commerce, but embarrassed British maritime authorities and brought the high cost of the war with America home to the British people. McMillin fleshes-out these heroic exploits in a fast-paced and entertaining manner as Ryan transitions from a smuggler for profit to a true believer in the American war of Independence.
In the third volume, Napoleon's Gold, McMillin crafts another page-turner as Ryan and his crew confronts the vicissitudes of a collapsing French monarchy and the rise of Napoleon as both privateers and as smugglers.
While each volume stands on it's own, I got and read all three in sequence and finished the third wishing for a fourth. McMillin obviously has a great knowledge of, and passion for the 18th Century sailing ships; the intrigues and motivations of decision makers in England, France, and America during the Revolution; and has researched the historical records in all three related to the impact of privateers on the outcome of the war.
I'm glad to learn about Captain Luke Ryan and the key role he played in the American Revolution. McMillin has brought Ryan and his crew to life and described 18th Century life on the sea and on land; from the lowest wharf-rat to French nobility; from traders to traitors in a fast-paced, entertaining, and yet educational manner.
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Napoleon Gold Captain Luke Ryan Privateer Book 3 eBook Mark McMillin Reviews
Irishman Luke Ryan is a patriot I'd never heard of before Mark McMillin's exciting series of historical novels inspired by Ryan's exploits. Each of the three volumes stands on it's own but addresses a different phase of Ryan's seafaring career; they can be enjoyed in or out of sequence, but I enjoyed reading them in sequence. Each also includes a section at the back of each volume "Separating Fact from Fiction" that helps the reader appreciate the excellent story-telling of the author that brings his characters, their interests, motivations, and personalities to life.
McMillin takes tidbits from the scant history of the real Luke Ryan to craft a compelling and engaging tale of adventures on the high seas. Woven within the tale are elements of naval warfare tactics; political intrigues and deceptions between England, France, and America as the rebellion of the colonies became a revolutionary struggle for human Liberty. The author entertainingly brings to life the economic realities that frequently motivate and direct the conduct and outcome of wars more than military or naval combat.
In the first volume, Gather the Shadowmen, we are introduced to the 25 year old Ryan and the core of his Irish crew. McMillin's tale begins in 1778 with Ryan's profitable smuggling of contraband between France and Ireland until he was caught by the British, the first of four times he was imprisoned and sentenced to be executed for piracy.
In the second volume, Prince of the Atlantic, it's 1779, the American war of Independence is going badly, and Ryan takes advantage of (America's Ambassador to France) Ben Franklin's need for privateers to wreak havoc on British shipping and capture British crews to be exchanged for American seamen imprisoned in England. With a privateer's charter, Ryan and his crew, if captured, must be treated as prisoners of war rather than being summarily hanged as pirates. In fact, Ryan and his crew wrought more havoc on British shipping than any other privateer. Eventually fielding three ships, Ryan's privateers captured or destroyed 114 enemy vessels one in 7 of all captured in the entire war period!
The British designated as many as 40 frigates to hunt Ryan whose exploits tripled British maritime insurance rates and not only severely restricted commerce, but embarrassed British maritime authorities and brought the high cost of the war with America home to the British people. McMillin fleshes-out these heroic exploits in a fast-paced and entertaining manner as Ryan transitions from a smuggler for profit to a true believer in the American war of Independence.
In the third volume, Napoleon's Gold, McMillin crafts another page-turner as Ryan and his crew confronts the vicissitudes of a collapsing French monarchy and the rise of Napoleon as both privateers and as smugglers.
While each volume stands on it's own, I got and read all three in sequence and finished the third wishing for a fourth. McMillin obviously has a great knowledge of, and passion for the 18th Century sailing ships; the intrigues and motivations of decision makers in England, France, and America during the Revolution; and has researched the historical records in all three related to the impact of privateers on the outcome of the war.
I'm glad to learn about Captain Luke Ryan and the key role he played in the American Revolution. McMillin has brought Ryan and his crew to life and described 18th Century life on the sea and on land; from the lowest wharf-rat to French nobility; from traders to traitors in a fast-paced, entertaining, and yet educational manner.
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