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Title: The Maine Patrick O'Brian?
Review: As a fan of anything Horatio Hornblower, Patrick O'Brian, and Bernard Cornwell (especially the Sharpe novels), I was delighted when I learned that there was a fellow Maine writer who was described as being the Maine Patrick O'Brian.I was not disappointed.The battle scenes in Thieves of Mercy were intense. It was easy to be transported in the treacherous engine room of the General Page, or on the hurricane deck, waiting in horrified anticipation for the Yankee ram to surge into the crippled boat's side.This book makes me want to read more of the Nelson's Civil War series, and hope that more volumes will follow.Marjorie GilbertAuthor of "The Return"www.marjoriegilbert.net
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