Revolution at Sea Saga

The Revolution at Sea Saga is a series of five novels created and written by James L. Nelson, author of The Maddest Idea. It encompasses the year 1775 through 1777, and focuses on the adventures of smuggler, revolutionary, captain, but most of all sailor Isaac Biddlecomb.
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In By Force of Arms, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb's smuggling ship, the Judea, is destroyed by British soldiers, which results eventually in his and his friend Ezra Rumstick's impressment aboard an English man-o-war, , commanded by the irresponsible and arrogant Lieutenant James Pendexter. Isaac and his friends lead the revolt against the oppressive boatswain and captain of the Icarus.
In The Maddest Idea, Isaac and Rumstick are fitted out with a brand-new, all-American man-o-war: the USS Charlemagne. They're on a mission from George Washington himself to capture a cache of British gunpowder from Bermudian waters. Also a traitor is buried somewhere deep in the American government, who is intent on destroying Isaac Biddlecomb.
In The Continental Risque, Isaac joins a fleet of American revolutionaries to sail to the Bahamas in order to take an island full of British militia members.
In Lords of the Ocean Isaac's mission seems clear: to bring Benjamin Franklin to meet Louis XVI. But nothing is as simple as it seems.
In All the Brave Fellows, Biddlecomb has to take command of the newly built frigate Falmouth and escape with her before she is taken by the British.
Patrick O'Brien said of the first book in the Revolution at Sea Saga "Authenticity runs throughout the book, carrying total conviction," and of the author, "...Nelson writes with the eagerness of a young man sailing his first command." He has also been called "one of today's most gifted historical novelists." The Revolution at Sea Saga is an epic mixture of historical fiction and true stories, all set in Eighteenth Century America and Europe, with a backdrop of pure historical knowledge that James L. Nelson has shown himself to be a master at providing.

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