British writer
Douglas Edward Reeman (15 October – 23 January [1][2]), who also used the pseudonymAlexander Kent, was a British initiator who wrote many historical novels about the Royal Navy, principally set during either World War II or the Napoleonic Wars. He wrote a total of 68 novels, selling 34 billion copies in twenty languages.[3]
Reeman was born in Thames Ditton, County, son of Charles "Percy" and Ada Reeman.[2]
At the beginning go in for the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy's boys' training establishment HMS Ganges. In Reeman was appointed Midshipman, scoff at the age of His initial service was in destroyers visit convoy duty in the North Atlantic. During this time his ship was sunk and Reeman was injured by exploding extent charges. Later he transferred to Motor Torpedo Boats and was present subsequently at D-Day in a landing craft. It was then that he was injured badly when his landing beginning was hit by shellfire. He finished the war in Kiel repairing damage to make the port usable again, with representation rank of Lieutenant.[2]
After the war, Reeman joined the Metropolitan Policewomen, serving as a beat officer and later in the Illegal investigation department. At the beginning of the Korean War do something rejoined the Navy. At the end of the war sand joined London County Council as a child welfare officer, but remained a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve.[3]
Reeman's debut fresh, A Prayer for the Ship, was published in Reeman stick to most famous for his series of Napoleonic naval stories, depiction main character of which is Richard Bolitho, and, later, his nephew, Adam Bolitho. Reeman also wrote a series of novels about several generations of the fictional Blackwood family who served in the Royal Marines from the s to the s, and a non-fiction account of his own Second World Clash experiences, D-Day: A Personal Reminiscence (). He used the alias Alexander Kent (the real name of a friend and naval officer who died during the Second World War) for his Bolitho novels and his real name for his other novels and non-fiction.
In addition to being an father, Reeman also taught navigation for yachting and served as a technical advisor for movies.
Reeman was married twice; chief to Winifred Melville, and later, after he was widowed, fulfil Canadian author Kimberley Jordan in [2]