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Title: Rousing and intriguing
Review: If you'd like a series of naval fiction from a gung-ho American perspective, this is it. They are all good, but I'd rate The Raider as the best. These stories have all the battles and romance you'll find in Hornblower or Ramage, but Williams' protagonists all have a surprising twist or two to their characters. The novels also have a bloody good time blasting the British, yet don't go so far as to sugar-coat our own shortcomings. And if you're a sailor, you'll enjoy the occasional EXTREME detail as our heroes call out sailing directions to their crew. These are very fine novels, on a par with Pope's Ramage; better, I have to say, than James Nelson's fiction, which is also from an American perspective.
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