The Age of Fighting Sail has been well portrayed by C.S. Forester, Patrick O'Brian and their followers. But all of these writers saw the world from the quarterdeck. Now comes William H. White with A Press Of Canvas to present the same conflicts on the same ships from the viewpoint of a fo'c'sle hand. As a professional sailor, Richard Woodman has sailed in a variety of ships serving from apprentice to captain. Besides the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, he has written nautical fiction about tea-clippers and cargo liners and is a member of the Society for Nautical Research.
Woodman lives in England and is considered one of the strongest voices in nautical fiction today.
In this, the eighth story in the highly acclaimed Drinkwater series, Capt. Nathaniel Drinkwater confronts the formidable enemies, mutiny and a beautiful and mysterious ally. No era in naval history has captured the imagination of readers so completely as the forty-year period from 1775 to 1815. And there are few historians as well qualified to bring that era to life as Nathan Miller. Broadsides also provides a richly textured look at the lives of the gallant men who fought on the ships of war, along with many fascinating details about the vessels themselves.