Anthony Barton Livres

YOU ARE SAILING INTO AN ENEMY PORT.Your wits need to be as quick as lightning. Your appointed captain is mad. You are fast running out of time and options. Any move you make will be dangerous for you and for your crew. It is time to reach into the depths of your being and summon up every last shred of resolve and courage. Dare you break with tradition? Dare you risk all to save all? Corrie Harriman is a woman. Women are forbidden to serve in the navy. Will she and her crew end up in an enemy jail? Any move she makes against her captain will lead to court martial.THREE CHEERS FOR THE WOMEN WHO SERVED IN NELSON'S NAVY!Two of the criteria that distinguish a valuable book are that it deal with an important issue, and that it raise more questions than it answers. Barton's work certainly meets these. - Edgar Z. Friedenberg, Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie UniversityBarton tells us to hear all such tales for what they really are. - Alan Milton, Professor Emeritus, University of UlsterThis is my new favorite series as you get to learn how women hid among men in the Royal Navy. It is action packed and filled with adventure as well. I read one book after the other and I can't wait to read the rest of this series. These books keep you wanting to find out what is going to happen to Corrie next. - Reviewed by Rose in 'Insights into Books'

A true-life adventure thundering through the sky in the Barrier Reef Airways flying boat VH-BRA Beachcomber bound for Heron Island. The sky darkens. There is a rumble of thunder... A thrilling memoir of an adventure the author had in Australia when he was nine.

Eleven-year-old survivors of the Second World War visit the United States and ride the rollercoaster Cyclone Racer at the Pike in Long Beach, California. HOLD YOUR HATS AND YOUR GIRLS. NO STANDING. Two minutes of unmitigated terror...

YOU CAN'T COMMAND THE CONVOY.YOU'RE A WOMAN.Corrie and her tiny frigate Swift are all that lie between England and financial ruin. The China Fleet is worth millions. A substantial and well-armed French squadron is closing in, determined to sink all forty ships. What can Corrie do? If she is appointed Commodore of the convoy, who will obey her signals? How can she overcome the prejudice of the East India captains? To make matters worse, every day makes it harder for her to disguise the fact that she is expecting a baby. Her voyage is fraught with danger, for herself and for her child-to-be.WOMEN IN ACTIONWhen a frigate was cleared for action, the ladies dining in the gun-room found the atmosphere induced somnolence. - Carola OmanJeanette said she was stationed during the action in the passage of the fore-magazine to assist in handing up the powder. - An officer of the RevengeQueen Victoria issued a directive that anyone, 'without any reservation as to sex, ' who was present during the naval actions of the Napoleonic wars was entitled to a gold medal.Sir Byam Martin, appointed to consider applications, wrote that Jane Townsend, aboard the Defiance at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 was entitled to an award since she produced, 'Strong and highly satisfactory certificates of her useful during the action services.' However, Martin added, 'upon further consideration, this cannot be allowed.' - Julie Wheelwright