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Nick Smith

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Born

in Durham, The United Kingdom

Website

http://roguesnest.blogspot.com/

Genre

Historical Fiction, History

Influences

Bernard Cornwell, K.J. Parker, Patrick O'Brian ...more

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August 2013

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https://www.goodreads.com/RoguesNest

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A well travelled twenty-eight year old Northumbrian in exile. When not writing, Nick is teaching Science at a local High School in the Channel Islands.

He studied Environmental Science at University, complimenting his natural love of the wilderness. His other interests are far and wide - painting, surfing, hiking, martial arts, history, cookery and home-brewing.

His debut novel Rogues' Nest is an authentic Historical Adventure set in the 18th Century Caribbean. ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 12 ratings · 2 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Rogues' Nest (Buccaneers, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Pirates: They weren't all that bad (comparatively speaking!).

Recently a fellow author of Historical Fiction criticised my affection for pirates. They said they were sick of the romantic image of pirates, said they were nothing more than evil miscreants, and then went on to list the many misdeeds and wickedness that pirates committed. It seemed as though the author was sick of the image of the glorious pirate built up by Hollywood and swashbuckling novel Read more of this blog post »

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Port Royal

by Peter Smalley

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Sons of Thunder (Raven, #2)

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Horatio Hornblower Goes to Sea

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