Richard Delancey
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Richard Delancey is the hero of a series of novels by historian C. Northcote Parkinson.[1] Delancey is a citizen of the Island of Guernsey who rises, through merit, through the Royal Navy, during its late 18th-century wars with America and France.
According to Charles K. Rowley, during his retirement, in Guernsey, Parkinson lived on a street named after Richard Delancey, a military officer who served under the 1st Duke of Wellington, and who died during the Battle of Waterloo.[1]
James A. Winnefeld, writing in the Naval War College Review, wrote that Parkinson had "the naval historian's eye and ear for time and place".[2] However, he said his characters were "wooden".
| Published | Set | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1776 | The Guernseyman |
| 1973 | 1793 | The Devil to Pay |
| 1975 | 1797 | The Fireship |
| 1977 | 1799 | Touch and Go |
| 1978 | Dead Reckoning | |
| 1981 | So Near, So Far |
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