Dudley Pope was a British author who was best known for his Lord Ramage series of historical fiction novels. He also delved heavily into nautical fiction and is one of the best known authors of that genre in his time.

Pope wrote so much about the sea because he was a sailor. He concealed his age and joined the merchant marines at the age of just 16. In 1942, the ship he was on was actually torpedoed. He managed to stay alive on a lifeboat for another two weeks with the other survivors before his rescue. He was invalided out of the navy at this time and went to work for newspapers where he would write about naval and defense affairs of the time. It wasn’t long after this that he began writing novels and he published his first history book, Flag 4 in 1954. He was then encouraged by C.S. Forester to write fiction which he would have great success with.

Pope was never discouraged from the sea after his torpedo attack and began living on boats in 1953, and would live on them for much of his life afterwards. Pope passed away in 1997 in Saint Martin. He was survived by his wife and daughter.

Publication Order of Nicholas Ramage Books

Ramage(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage and the Drum Beat(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage and the Freebooters / Triton Brig(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Governor Ramage R. N.(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage's Prize(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage and the Guillotine(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage's Diamond(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage's Mutiny(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage & the Rebels(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ramage Touch(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage's Signal(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage & the Renegades(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage's Devil(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage's Trial(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage's Challenge(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage At Trafalgar(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage And The Saracens(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ramage & the Dido(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Buccaneer Ned Yorke Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Flag 4(1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Battle of the River Plate(1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Graf Spee(1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
73 North: The Battle of the Barents Sea 1942(1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Decision at Trafalgar / England Expects(1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
At 12 Mr. Byng was Shot(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Black Ship(1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Guns(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Harry Morgan's Way(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Great Gamble(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Buccaneer King(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Life in Nelson's Navy(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Devil Himself(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

If You Like Dudley Pope Books, You’ll Love…

Ramage is the first book in the Lord Ramage series. This book features Ramage sailing his tiny clutter right under the nose of the French Mediterranean fleet to save a party of stranded aristocrats. The move will take skill and daring to avoid Napoleon’s advancing army.

Another great book in the series is Governor Ramage R.N. This book features Lord Ramage escorting a convoy from Barbados to Jamaica in what is seemingly a boring job. It ends up being anything but when the cargo turns out to be a family of important French refugees.

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