Richard Delancey (fictional character)
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Richard Delancey is the hero of a series of novels by historian C. Northcote Parkinson
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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.
C. Northcote Parkinson
Cyril Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian and author of some sixty books, the most famous of which was his bestseller Parkinson's Law, which led him to be also considered as an important scholar within the field of public administration.-Early life and education:The youngest son of...
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Delancey is a citizen of the Island of Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
who rises, through merit, through the Royal Navy,
during its late 18th Century wars with America and France.
See also
- The Devil to Pay (novel)The Devil to Pay (novel)The Devil to Pay is one of a series of nautical novels by C. Northcote Parkinson. It is set in the late 18th Century, when Britain was at war with Revolutionary France. Parkinson's hero is a junior naval officer...
- The Fireship (novel)The Fireship (novel)The Fireship is one of a series of nautical novels by C. Northcote Parkinson. It is set in the late 18th century, when Britain was at war with Revolutionary France. Parkinson's hero is a junior naval officer...