Hi Susan, I have looked through all the reference books in my library and can find no reference to an actual French 74 by that name, BARRAS. Must be a name...
Hi Bob, Thanks for checking. One reference I found is in the Naval Chronicle (Tracy's edited version), which I believe you have. See Vol. 1, p. 59 (in the...
Well, bless my buttons! So it is. Well, that shows that my library still has a few gaps, as does my memory! :-) I had checked a couple of volumes of the...
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 19:59:44 -0000 From: "weeboopiper" <weeboopiper@...> Subject: Barras Does anyone know whether the French Barras (74) in "Ramage"...
Hi Naomi, Thanks! Duh! I forgot all about James. I will go and have a look. So...if she was still around in 1796, Pope could have been referring to her. Sorry...
If you seek a book for research purposes and your needs exceed your purse (as so often happens to me) interlibrary loan is your friend. Try it. Mark Lardas ...
Yes, good suggestion if you just need to do a quick check for something and the book is one that is in regular circulation. However, the rarer books are...
If you get a chance take a look at my first interview. Tall Ships Books has done a wonderful job of helping kick start my first book and the series I am...
I am reading and enjoying "Life in Nelsons navy" I did not know of any other books by Mr. Pope. I look forward to reading and enjoying all of them. Any...
Hi Steve If you look at my web page http://www.geocities.com/cjstein_2000/DudleyPope/DudleyPope.html You will find a list of all Dudley Pope's books both...
... I suggest that Jim updates the link on his site to my comprehensive Dudley Pope website at: http://www.winthrop.dk/dpope.html kind regards, Mark Winthrop...
There is a fan site for the late Dudley Pope. His best known fiction is the Ramage series. ... ===== _________________________________ John D. Beatty,...
What type of ship is the "Griffin"? Seeing as its very quiet on here at the moment here's a question for you all from a new boy who has just finished reading...
What type of ship is the "Griffin"? Seeing as its very quiet on here at the moment here's a question for you all from a new boy who has just finished reading...
... Probably a ship -- three masts, spritsails instead of a jib or staysails because of the era, one full deck with a quarterdeck, poop, and forecastle. 400...
... uses ... (presumably ... the ... For it to have a crew of 50 I expect it would be a square-rigged merchantman (I have not read the book). I would expect a...
Sounds like if she was single masted she could be a large cutter. I havent read the book either but if she is a cutter she would more likely be fore and aft ...
For what it's worth...Pope refers to the ship as a sloop a few pages into the first chapter of the book. If you can get your hands on David Cordingly's "Under...
In my ongoing efforts to compile a character listing for the Ramage novels I have come across a problem regarding Southwick's first name. In the first couple...
Hi Susan, No , the two names are there in both the first edition books and in McBooks editions. Must just be a slip on Pope's part, unless his full name was ...
Looks like I'll drag out this series again and have another read. ... Fair Winds & Following Seas, And I will sail my vessel, til the river runs dry. Like a...
Hi Bob, Thanks! I've got him listed as Henry with a note saying that he's also referred to as Edward. I guess I'll leave it that way. Nice to know I'm not the...
... Hi Robin, The Griffin is a sloop, single mast, square rigged and schooner rigged on that mast (like a cutter of later years). They carried a gaff...
Hi Bob and all the rest who have answered Thanks for all the answers so far they have been very helpful. That sloop is what I envisaged as a single masted...
Alison Press published Ramage Touch in 1979. Does anyone have a copy ? In the Alison Press edition is Rennick misnamed Renwick ? I don't know as I have not...
Does maize sink or float in water ? What is the density of maize ? What is the size / volume / mass / shape of a quintal ? I agree two or more masts, Pope does...
... I will present this discussion to Kay Pope and ask for her comments. kind regards, Mark Winthrop of Copenhagen, Denmark ... )_) )_) )_) )___) )___)...
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