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Jan 1, 1924 — Jan 1, 2017· 93 yrs

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Douglas Reeman

Also known as: Alexander Kent

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Douglas Edward Reeman (15 October 1924 – 23 January 2017), who also used the pseudonym Alexander Kent, was a British author who wrote many historical novels about the Royal Navy, mainly set during either World War II or the Napoleonic Wars. He wrote a total of 68 novels, selling 34 million copies in twenty languages.

Thames Ditton, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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With an impressive clatter of wheels the stage-coach shivered to a halt beside the inn's courtyard and its handful of weary passengers gave a sigh of relief.

— from Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger, 1978

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The darkening sea

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Richard Bolitho – Midshipman

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In 1772 a sixteen-year-old midshipman joins the crew of the "Gorgon" whose mission is to investigate the slave trade on Africa's west coast.

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Band of brothers

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Follows the exploits of cadets and officers at West Point where such graduates as Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson fought on both sides of the battle lines during the Civil War.

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