Classics of nautical fiction series

Continues the adventures of Richard Bolitho, this time during the Battle of Copenhagen where Lord Nelson leads the British to victory over the Danish fleet.

Set a few years before Stevenson's Treasure Island, the story tells how Captain Flint and Murray raided the Spanish Gold Galleon and buried the treasure on the island of Dead Man's Chest.

Set in 1699 and framed around the Jacobite (supporters of the overthrown king, James II) conspiracies of the time, Lieutenant Cornelius Vanslyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel.