Nautilus

by Larry Jeram-Croft

1805, the year Napoleon plans to invade England and the year Jacaranda and her crew have to return to in order to rescue Smithy the scientist, whose experiments have sent him back to England of the past. They meet up with their friends Charles and Melissa as well as Sir Sydney Smith, a renowned naval officer and Robert Fulton the man who invented the world's first workable submarine, the Nautilus. However, nothing is simple and in order to return to their future they must sail Jacaranda to Cadiz where the combined French and Spanish fleets are sheltering. Here they must help Sir Sydney to entice the French out to sea where Nelson's fleet is waiting. Many of the French also want the confrontation and with the aid of the Nautilus a daring raid on Cadiz harbour is undertaken.

Once again the story is based on real events and characters of the time.

233 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 12, 2015

About the author

Best selling author, Larry Jeram-Croft spent thirty years in the Royal Navy as a helicopter pilot and engineer. He then worked in industry for seven years before retiring. When he retired, he and his wife bought a yacht and went to live in the Caribbean. It was this experience that led to the idea for his 'Jacaranda trilogy'. The novels are based on true events in the West indies of Nelson's time and provide thrilling and exciting stories for all who love the sea and sailing. Brought up on the books of C S Forester and Patrick O'Brian he was surprised that no one was writing similar stories about the modern Royal Navy, especially with so much going on in previous decades. As he was himself a Lynx helicopter pilot during the Falklands War, he decided to start there, using his own extensive knowledge of the conflict. 'Sea Skimmer' was the result; a book based on many true stories, the main one being why the Argentinian Exocet missiles failed to explode. Directly involved in anti Exocet countermeasures and also with a grandstand seat of the final Exocet raid of the war, the book, although a novel, has an authenticity that cannot be bettered. More books have followed. The latest 'Diamant' is a historical novel set in 1805 about the Royal Navy setting up a garrison on Diamond Rock off Martinique an exercise that almost brought Nelson and the French together well before Trafalgar.
In addition to his fiction, last year he published his first non- fiction work, an operational history of the RN Lynx helicopter. Another about the RN Wasp helicopter is due out this year.
Larry now lives in Martock, Somerset and spends most of his time writing and playing golf extraordinarily badly.

You can keep up to date on his blog at: http://sowethereyet.blogspot.co.uk/

Reviews

[William Rowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

a fresh view of the last major naval battle of the last Franco-British war

A good story with people I’d like know, an introduction to Sir Sidney Smith, and an introduction to Jane Austen.

[Gerald E Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really interesting read

This is another example of this wonderful authors abilities. Imaginative, challenging and informative, pity, once again, about the atrocious editing.