Paul Dowswell has two storms in Battle Fleet, and I didn't dread them.Īll in all, Battle Fleet was very good - maybe my favorite out of the three. But Authors so often drag these scenes out to an excruciating length, and they simply don't know when to stop.
True, every sea-faring story does need a storm - spend months at sea, and you will run into a storm. The one thing I dread the most in sea-faring stories - aside from lubberly writing - is the inevitable storm scene. Encounters with natives, smallpox, and a storm that is blessedly short in narration. And all of the events leading up to it were just as entertaining. What a terrific ending to this trilogy! To end with the Battle of Trafalgar - the death of Lord Nelson - was perfect. although many thing have not changed in war since then. So in comparison both books are about war, but they are about two different types of war. He sails on the ship and tells of all of the battles, one specific one is when they are in a battle with many ships that are much bigger than them, they basically get destroyed, but somehow they seem to pull through and win! He also talks about his friend Robert that had been A Navy Middle-man much longer than him and he tells about all of the cool things that he teaches him and does with him.
The book “Battle Fleet” is about a young merchant trader on a ship who has always wanted to be a Navy Middle-man (a mid class soldier). They tell of times where they hold up there helmets on sticks to see if he could shoot it (he never hit one). Some of the stories are tragic and sad and some of them are funny like on of the crazy snipers “Luke The Gook” he was an enemy soldier who was a sniper that could just about miss any target he shot at. One of the stories is when they are being Air Raided by NVA bombers and a small bomb lands in his fox hole, luckily he was not in it at the time, but his best friend was.
He was stationed on hill N881 (A heavily attacked base) and tells all of the stories there, or around there when he is on patrol duty. He was in the 300th Battalion 2nd Ground force. The book “The Words of Patrick Flaherty” is about a soldier and all of his stories about war. But in the 1960’s war was mostly on the ground, all we had was air support in Vietnam for the ground troops/forces. In the 1700’s war mostly took place on battleships. If you compare both books the methods of war are totally different. “The Battle Fleet” takes place in the 1700’s and “The Words of Patrick Flaherty” takes place in the 1960’s. I have read both of the books.One of my favorite subjects to study is war, both of the books are about war, but they are in totally different time periods. I am going to compare my book “Battle Fleet” to a vietnam war journal called “The Words of Patrick Flaherty”.
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