Anthony Delano: 3 books

With his master gunner’s eye Cornelius Noon could drop a bird on the wing or punch a five-inch shell through a distant window. He had to flee from the Kentucky hills but his singular gift won him a berth in the United States Navy and swift promotion. When, in 1912, President Woodrow Wilson ordered...

The Sinai Desert or Elaine's on Second Avenue.The Savoy Hotel or the Caravelle in Saigon.Watergate or Pentecost Island.Before news was shot on video and delivered on the internet getting the pictures home could be as dangerous as filming under fire. Reporter David Talbot and the outrageous...

This hilariously entertaining, deliciously sexy novel of British seapower at the turn of the 19th century is Horatio Hornblower handled with outrageous camp and terrific pace and drive. The naval scenes are superb and Anatolia is a matchless heroine.’Few sons are blessed with a mother like...