To date, the pen of Richard Woodman owns about two dozen works, including fourteen volumes of the series about Nathaniel Drinkwater and the book about the sea service of Trinity House “Guardians of the Sea” He also wrote "The History of the Ship", various studies about the Second World War, about the Arctic and Maltese convoys, as well as the fascinating history of the frigate war during the French Revolution - "Warriors of the Sea" Woodman became addicted to sailing since childhood. He gained experience operating a direct-sail ship, sailing on the Royalist and Endeavour Replica (a restored Victorian-era pleasure yacht). He has a five-ton gaffer "Andromeda", on which he makes voyages, mainly along the coast of England and in the southern waters of the North Sea. He is attracted as an advisor to the National Naval Museum and the Paris studio "Edvencher Films" . An Eye of the Fleet - The First Book of the Nathaniel Drinkwater Series The book is set in the early 1780s.. Young midshipman Drinkwater begins service on one of the frigates of the Royal Navy He will face both battles with the Americans and the French during the War of Independence, and the struggle for self-assertion in the ship's command.