. Douglas Reeman

Douglas Reeman.

Douglas Edward Reeman (born 15 October 1924, Thames Ditton) is a British author who has written many historical fiction books on the Royal Navy, mainly set during either World War II or the Napoleonic Wars.

Reeman joined the Royal Navy in 1940, at the age of 16, and served during World War II and the Korean War. He eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant. In addition to being an author, Reeman has also taught the art of navigation for yachting and served as a technical advisor for films.

Douglas Reeman married with Canadian Kimberley Jordan in the year of 1985.

Reeman's debut novel: 'A Prayer for the Ship'was published in 1958. His pseudonym Alexander Kent was the name of a friend and naval officer who died during the Second World War.

Reeman writing as Alexander Kent is most famous for his series of Napoleonic Naval Stories, whose central character is Richard Bolitho, and later, his nephew Adam Bolitho.

Under his own name he wrote a series of novels about severals generations of the Blackwood family, who served in the Royal Marines fram the 1850's to the 1970's. and olso under his own name he wrote a non-fiction account of his World War II experiences: 'D-Day, A Personal Reminiscence. (1984)

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Zie ook: De website van Douglas Reeman.