Halfhyde

During my most recent cruise I read seven of the HALFHYDE books written by Philip McCutchan. They are all set during the latter part of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century, and deal with the life of Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde RN, the descendant of a Master Gunner who served aboard one of the British line-of-battle ships that took part in the Battle of Trafalgar.

The books in the series are (in order):

1. Halfhyde at the Bight of Benin (Also published under the title: Beware, Beware the Bight of Benin)
2. Halfhyde's Island
3. Halfhyde and the Guns of Arrest
4. Halfhyde to the Narrows
5. Halfhyde for the Queen
6. Halfhyde Ordered South
7. Halfhyde and the Flag Captain
8. Halfhyde On The Yangtze
9. Halfhyde on Zanatu
10. Halfhyde Outward Bound
11. The Halfhyde Line
12. Halfhyde and the Chain Gangs
13. Halfhyde Goes To War
14. Halfhyde on the Amazon
15. Halfhyde and the Admiral
16. Halfhyde and the Fleet Review

The books are good holiday reading, and although some of the plots are a little implausible at times and one or two of the characters are rather too larger-than-life, I have decided to try to buy hardback copies of the books.

So far I have managed to buy the following:
Halfhyde to the Narrows

(This is a large print version and I am going to try to get a standard print version if I can.)

Halfhyde Ordered South

Halfhyde on Zanatu

Halfhyde and the Chain Gangs

Halfhyde Goes To War

Halfhyde and the Admiral

Halfhyde and the Fleet Review

I have several more on order, and eventually I would like to own all sixteen volumes in the series.