Wars were not made by young men, he thought, yet they had t… - Douglas Reeman

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Wars were not made by young men, he thought, yet they had to fight them.

Douglas Reeman

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Douglas Edward Reeman (15 October 1924 – 23 January 2017), who also used the pseudonym Alexander Kent, was a British author who wrote many historical novels about the Royal Navy, mainly set during either World War II or the Napoleonic Wars.

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Birth Name: Douglas Edward Reeman

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He was ashamed and embarrassed, angry too that such a man could end like this. If peace did eventually come, there would be many more redcoats begging in the streets.

They don't have to fight wars! it mmight knock some sense into therir heads if they did!

Released from the land Indomitable heeled over to the thrust of canvas and rudder, the sea almost brushing her lee gunports while she came about, sails thundering as fore and mainsails were hauled and beaten into submission.

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