Ramage & the Drumbeat: The Lord Ramage Novels No. 2

New York Times
"Dudley Pope is an English naval historian . . . .Not even C.S. Forester knows more about the routine and battle procedures of the British Navy in the days of Nelson"


Kirkus Review
"Mr. Pope is as good at detail as Ramage is at tactics and it's for those who like their cutlasses sharp and their romance romantic."


Booklist
"Another rousing tale of the sea set in the late 1700's."


Book Description
Lieutenant Lord Ramage is ordered to proceed to Gibralter--with all possible dispatch--aboard his Majesty's ship Kathleen, to support Nelson in a battle with the Spanish off Cape Trafalgar.


About the Author
DUDLEY POPE is well known both as the creator of the Ramage novels and as a distinguished naval historian. Pope falsified his age in order to enlist in the British Merchant Navy during World War II. In action, his ship was torpedoed and he spent 14 days at sea in an open lifeboat. After being discharged due to the injuries he received, he worked as the naval and defense correspondent at the London Daily News, and turned to writing fiction at the urging of C. S. Forester. Pope, the author of ten scholarly works as well as the 18 books in the Ramage series, died in 1997.


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Dudley Pope is well known both as the creator of the Ramage novels and as a distinguished naval historian. Pope falsified his age in order to enlist in the British Merchant Navy during World War II. In action, his ship was torpedoed and he spent 14 days at sea in an open lifeboat. After being discharged due to the injuries he received, he worked as the naval and defense correspondent at the London Daily News, and turned to writing fiction at the urging of C. S. Forester. Pope, the author of ten scholarly works as well as the 18 books in the Ramage series, died in 1997.


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