Dead Reckoning
Authors: Parkinson C. Northcote
H
ISTORICAL
F
ICTION BY
C. N
ORTHCOTE
P
ARKINSON
PUBLISHED BY
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OOKS
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RESS
The Guernseyman
Devil to Pay
The Fireship
Touch and Go
So Near So Far
Dead Reckoning
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower
Reckoning
C. N
ORTHCOTE
P
ARKINSON
RICHARD DELANCEY NOVELS, NO. 6
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Published by McBooks Press 2003
Copyright © 1978 by C. Northcote Parkinson
First published in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1978
First published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Ltd, 1978
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Cover painting:
Naval Ramming 1811, The British Warship “Hermes” Rams the French Privateer “La Mouch.”
Courtesy of Mary Evans Picture Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parkinson, C. Northcote (Cyril Northcote), 1909-
Dead reckoning / by C. Northcote Parkinson.
p. cm. â (The Richard Delancey novels ; no. 6)
ISBN 1-59013-038-3 (alk. paper)
1. Delancey, Richard (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 2. Great
BritainâHistory, Navalâ19th centuryâFiction. 3. Napoleonic Wars,
1800-1815âFiction. 4. Guernsey (Channel Islands)âFiction. I. Title.
PR6066.A6955D43 2003
823'.914âdc21
2003005458
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Contents
Chapter Five : Locating the Enemy
Chapter Nine : Defeat into Victory
Chapter Ten : Combined Operation
Chapter Eleven : The Seychelles
Chapter Twelve : The Signal Station
Chapter Thirteen : Action off Madagascar
Chapter Fourteen : Home from the Sea
T
O THE
I
NDIES
“I
AM HAPPY to inform you, Captain Delancey, that you have been appointed to command the frigate
Laura
of 32 guns. She is refitting at Portsmouth but should be completed next month. Perhaps you know the ship?”
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