Under Enemy Colors by S. Thomas Russell, set during the French Revolution, features a British Naval Lieutenant whose mother is French. In addition to those divided loyalties, he has no patrons of influence in the service. Posted under a "shy" captain in a ship whose men are disgruntled, he fights the French, the captain, and the men. Very much reminiscent of Patrick O'Brian, and a worthy successor. I look forward to more books in this series. ****
Here's something interesting: S. Thomas Russell is also Sean Russell, a fantasy writer. On his Sean Russell site he says a lot about how he wanted to write fantasy but not simply recreate Tolkien as so many others have done, but under this slightly different name (and there is no link from one author site to the other), he doesn't deny or acknowledge the direct influence of the Hornblower and Aubrey/Maturin books.
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Hi Jeff,
This is Gus's friend, Ashley. He sent me the link to your video and I checked out your other blogs. Turns out that we have similar literary tastes.
Would you be interested in doing a book swap? The S. Thomas Russell for a Dewey Lambdin? I am a huge O'Brien fan as well as James Nelson.
Ashley
p.s. I have been blogging for about 2 years, although not as much since I met your brother. Enter my blog at your peril....
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