"A Sea Cadet in 1711 and a Vice Admiral in 1718, young Wessel barged into battle against his Swedish foes wherever he found them, often in direct violation of orders issued by timid souls in the Admiralty. But Frederik IV, King of Denmark-Norway, loved a winner. He gave his youthful fighting cock promotion after promotion, over scores of officers of senior vintage. The result was that Peter had almost as many enemies among officers in the Danish-Norwegian Navy as he had in that of Sweden.
"So great were his battle conquests and his services to the nation that Captain Wessel, soon after his twenty-fifth birthday, was given a Patent of Nobility and the name Tordenskjold. Roughly translated, this means (Torden) The Thunderbolt that Strikes and (Skjold) The Shield that Defends. In actions on land and sea, Tordenskjold lifted his nom de guerre to deathless and stratospheric heights.
"While this book is based on historical events and peopled by real persons, it is by no means a definitive history. The Great Northern War, which ran from 1709 to 1719, sucked Denmark-Norway, Russia, Poland, and England into conflict against the then mighty Sweden. Its pattern is too complicated for compression into a one-volume book dedicated to pinpointing the career of a single participant. For that matter, the historical facts, folklore, and legends that have been built up over the centuries around Vice Admiral Peter Tordenskjold are so voluminous that, in themselves, they could cover quite a spread of bookshelf! The problem has not been what to put into this book, but what to leave out and still do justice to its subject."
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Admiral Thunderbolt
The Spectacular Career of Peter Wessel, Norway's Greatest Sea Hero
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The Spectacular Career of Peter Wessel, Norway's Greatest Sea Hero
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HistoryTable of contents
- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- DEDICATION
- PROLOGUE
- 1-FLAGSHIP HAS UNEXPECTED BOARDER
- 2-SEA CADET WESSEL REPORTS
- 3-A VIKING RETURNS TO TRONDHEIM
- 4-PETER A RUNAWAY WITH KING’S ESCORT
- 5-SEAMAN ON SLAVER AND INDIAMAN
- 6-POOR SCHOLAR BUT FINE SAILOR
- 7-ON CONVOY DUTY IN SKAGERRAK
- 8-LOVENDAL GIVES PETER FIRST SHIP
- 9-HE TERRORIZES COAST OF SWEDEN
- 10-CAPTURES PRIVATEER ON TRIAL RUN
- 11-DEFIES DEATH AND ADMIRALTY IN BALTIC
- 12-BATTLE ENDS FOR LACK OF POWDER
- 13-FOILS DESTRUCTION OF SWEDISH SHIPS
- 14-LONE FRIGATE TACKLES SUPERIOR FOES
- 15-ADMIRAL JUDICHAER GIVES FATHERLY ADVICE
- 16-CUTS SWEDISH LIFELINE AT DYNEKILEN
- 17-TORDENSKJOLD MADE COMMODORE
- 18-HEADS OWN NORTH SEA SQUADRON
- 19-HIT-AND-RUN ATTACK ON GOTEBORG
- 20-FIGHTS HIERTA AT STROMSTAD
- 21-MOUSE PLAYS CAT IN KATTEGAT
- 22-PETER HEARS ABOUT MISS NORRIS
- 23-ENTERS MARSTRAND IN DISGUISE
- 24-TORDENSKJOLD TAKES FORT CARLSTEN
- 25-GOTEBORG NIGHT ATTACK SUCCEEDS
- 26-“RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILOR TAKE WARNING”
- EPILOGUE
- NAUTICAL NOTES ON THE 1710’S
- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
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