My favourite fictional books with a sailing theme:

Title 1. Birds of Prey - Wilbur Smith 2. Monsoon - Wilbur Smith 3. Eye of the Tiger - Wilbur Smith 4. H.M.S. Ulysses 5. Wildtrack - Bernard Cornwell 6. Sea Lord - Bernard Cornwell 7. Stormchild - Bernard Cornwell 8. The Cruel Sea - Nicholas Monsarrat 9. Sharpe's Trafalgar - Bernard Cornwell     10. A Plague Of Sailors - Brian Callison     11. Target Five - Colin Forbes     12. Thunder Point - Jack Higgins     13. Seawitch - Alistair MacLean

General Recommendations
Historical war novels

This section deals mainly with the fictional literature I have read, arranged by author.  It may act as a bibliography for some and also contains links to authors web sites. Books I have read (popup window), or

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Here are my most used web addresses for spoken word recordings:

- - Please Select a provider - - -> Audible (UK) Chivers Audio Books Isis Audio Booksontape.com Learnoutloud.com Simonsays.com Naxos audiobooks
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Authors:

Bernard Cornwell official Site Bernard Cornwell - Bibliography Dick Francis Dick Francis Michael Crichton official web site Stephan King Thomas Harris

Tom Wolfe Umberto Eco Umberto Eco

General links:

Booker Prize
Booker Prize (Other)

Waterstones
Amazon (UK)

Dictionaries:

Oxford on-line English Dictionary
Online French-English Dictionary