{"product_id":"ebb-tide-a-nathaniel-drinkwater-novel-9781493071791","title":"Ebb Tide: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e1843: Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater's career concludes as he is drawn from retirement and embarks on the paddle-steamer \u003ci\u003eVestal\u003c\/i\u003e for a final mission to inspect lighthouses on the west coast of England, where he is faced with a tragic incident and must confront his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaptain Richard Martin Woodman\u003c\/b\u003e retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical career. Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater series is often compared to the work of the late Patrick O'Brian. Woodman is the author of some two dozen nautical novels, as well as several nonfiction books. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, such as C.S. Forester or O'Brian, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and spent eleven years in command. His experience ranges from cargo-liners to ocean weather ships and specialist support vessels to yachts, square-riggers, and trawlers. Said \u003ci\u003eLloyd's List\u003c\/i\u003e of his work: \"As always, Richard Woodman's story is closely based on actual historical events. All this we have come to expect--and he adds that special ambience of colourful credibility which makes his nautical novels such rattling good reads.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McBooks Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390885859602,"sku":"9781493071791","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_edb935ec-da00-41a4-a18a-bcf0f3574b7e.jpg?v=1728959517","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ebb-tide-a-nathaniel-drinkwater-novel-9781493071791","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}