Dudley Pope

Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope ( born December 29, 1925 in Ashford, Kent, England; † April 25, 1997 in Marigot ( Saint- Martin) ) was a British writer of both maritime novels and historical reference books. The most famous is his series of novels about Lord Ramage be.

Life

Pope was born in England Ashford and joined at the age of 16 years in the merchant navy with the rank of ensign. A year later ( 1942) was the ship on which he was serving torpedoed, and because of his injury suffered while he had to leave the service.

Pope was soon working for a small newspaper in Kent, before he began in 1944 to work for the London newspaper The Evening News as rapporteur on the developments of the Navy.

His first book he published in 1954 and Flag 4 is followed many other representations of historical events. Cecil Scott Forester, the author of the famous novel series about Horatio Hornblower, encouraged Pope to make his literary works of fiction. 1965 then appeared Ramage, the first part of the end -piece 18 marine historical novel series.

His books have been often criticized, because in them he describes Spanish sailors often as incompetent and stupid, but this is a prejudice, because the Spanish Navy at that time was one of the most successful worldwide.

Since 1953 he lived with his wife, Kay - they married in 1954 - on sailboats, first on the 8 -meter William Fife, which he called Concerto. In 1959 the couple lived in Porto Santo Stefano (Italy ) on an approximately 12 -meter ketch called Tokay. 1963 they moved to a cutter called Golden Dragon, on which they sailed to Barbados. In 1968 they moved to a 18-meter yacht, which was given the name Ramage and all the stories and wrote works on the Pope until 1985. His travels and the impressions gained influenced his books in very strong manner.

Works (selection)

The Ramage series (in the order of Ramage's life )

Most novels are about real events of the late 18th and early 19th century. The Year of the action is listed before the title. After the year of publication appears in the original.

  • Ramage. The drum called us to fight. Ullsteinhaus, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-25322-9 ( Nachdr d ed Karlsruhe 1968).
  • Ramage and the privateers. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 1991, ISBN 3-548-22496-2 ( Nachdr d ed Rastatt 1978).
  • Commander Ramage. Lieutenant of the Royal Navy. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 1996, ISBN 3-548-23933-1 ( Nachdr d ed Rastatt 1978).
  • Ramage on a secret mission. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 1996, ISBN 3-548-24056-9 ( Nachdr d ed Rastatt 1979).
  • Ramage, Lord Nelson's spy. Ullsteinhaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-548-24397-5 ( Nachdr d ed Rastatt 1979).
  • Ramage and the Diamond ship. Ullsteinhaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-548-24470- X ( Nachdr d ed Rastatt 1980).
  • Ramage and the mutiny. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 1993, ISBN 3-548-22917-4 ( Nachdr d ed Rastatt 1980).
  • Ramage and the Rebels. 2nd edition. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 3-548-25652- X ( Nachdr d ed Rastatt 1980).
  • Ramage against Napoleon. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 2002, ISBN 3-548-25336-9 ( Nachdr d ed Frankfurt / M. 1996).
  • Ramage and the enemy convoy. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 1997, ISBN 3-548-24063-1.
  • Ramage and the Renegades. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 1997, ISBN 3-548-24179-4.
  • Ramage and the devil. Ullsteinhaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-548-24411-4.
  • Ramage under indictment. Ullsteinhaus, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-24617-6.
  • Ramage major coup. Ullsteinhaus, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-548-24740-7.
  • Ramage at Trafalgar. Ullsteinhaus, 20000 Berlin, ISBN 3-548-24776-8.
  • Ramage and the Saracens. Ullsteinhaus, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-25210-9.
  • Ramage to success. Ullsteinhaus, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-548-25327- X.

The Yorke series

Standalones

  • Convoy. House of Stratus, London 2001, ISBN 0-7551-0441-2. ( Nachdr d ed London 1979)
  • Decoy. House of Stratus, London 2001, ISBN 0-7551-0442-0. ( Nachdr d ed London 1983)

Non-fiction

  • Flag 4 The Battle of Coastal Forces in the Mediterranean. Chatham, London 2006, ISBN 1-86176-067-1 ( Nachdr d ed London 1954).
  • The Battle of the River Plate. Admiral Graf Spee. Secker & Warburg, London, 1987, ISBN 0-436-37750-0 ( Nachdr d ed London 1956).
  • 73 North. The Battle of the Barents Sea 1942Chatham, London 2000, ISBN 1-86176-128-7 ( Nachdr d ed London 1958).
  • England Expects. Chatham, London 1998, ISBN 1-86176-074-4 ( Nachdr d ed London 1959).
  • The Black Ship. Secker & Warburg, London, 1988, ISBN 0-436-37753-5 ( Nachdr d ed London 1963).
  • The bucaneer King. The biography of Sir Henry Morgan ( 1635-1688 ). Dodd, Mead, New York 1978, ISBN 0-396-07566-5 (former title: Harry Morgan 's Way Biography of Sir Henry Morgan 1635-1688. ).
  • Life in Nelson 's Navy. Allan & Unwin, London, 1987, ISBN 0-04-359008- X ( Nachdr d ed London 1972).
  • The Devil Himself: The Mutiny of 1800 Secker & Warburg, London, 1987, ISBN 0-436-37751-9. .
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