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The Battle of All The Ages centres on the astonishing Four Days Battle of 1666, one of the great epics of the age of sail. As well as risking life and limb in the battle itself, Matthew finds himself ordered by the King to investigate the mysterious intelligence failure that led to the English fleet being divided. In a place still hankering after the fallen Commonwealth, he encounters danger and intrigue, as well as having to battle the mysterious enemy sea-captain known as the Hell Hound, before he finally discover the unsettling truths about the division of the fleet.
Death’s Bright Angel, published to coincide with the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, plunges Matthew and those dear to him into the very heart of that calamity. Effectively ‘two books in one’, the fictional story is complemented by a detailed historical investigation of the causes of the Great Fire, presenting new evidence to address a highly controversial question – was this colossal disaster really an accident?
‘Swashbuckling suspense, royal intrigue, and high seas naval action … an excellent series’ Publishers Weekly
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Mountain of Gold
The Blast That Tears the Skies
The Lion of Midnight
The Battle of All The Ages
The Rage of Fortune
Death’s Bright Angel
The Devil Upon the Wave
Ensign Royal
About the Author
J. D. Davies was born in Wales and now lives in Bedfordshire. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on the seventeenth-century navy. His Pepyss Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare, 1649-1689, won the Samuel Pepys Award in 2009.
First published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by Old Street Publishing Ltd.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by
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