Victor Suthren (born March 2, 1942) is a Canadian writer and novelist with an interest in colonial and maritime history.

Career

Born in Montreal, Suthren was educated at

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(BA, 1965) and

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(MA, 1970). He joined the Civil Service and rose to serve as Director General of the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa (1986-1997) before leaving to pursue a writing career. A former university naval reservist, he was appointed an active, uniformed Honorary Captain(N) in the Royal Canadian Navy (1997-2014), attached to the office of the Commander of the RCN. He has been President of the international Captain Cook Society since May 2023, and has been an occasional film adviser and oceanic "tall ship" sailor in the replica of HM Bark "Endeavour", the topsail schooner "Pacific Swift" and other ships. In 1969 he married Lindsay Scott of Montreal and they have three children.

Publications

Paul Gallant series

''Set in mid-18th century'' # ''The Black Cockade'' (1977) () # ''A King's Ransom'' (1980) () # ''In Perilous Seas'' (1983) ()

Edward Mainwaring series

''Starts in 1739'' # ''Royal Yankee'' (1987) () # ''The Golden Galleon'' (1988) () # ''Admiral of Fear'' (1991) () # ''Captain Monsoon'' (1993) ()

Non-fiction

*"The Oxford Book of Canadian Military Anecdotes" (1989) *"Canadian Stories of the Sea" (1993) *"The War of 1812" (1999)() *"To Go Upon Discovery: James Cook And Canada" (2000) () *"The Sea Has No End: The Life of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville" (2004) () *"The Island Of Canada" (2009) () *"Black Flag of the North: Bartholomew Roberts, King of Atlantic Pirates" (2018)

References

Victor Suthren, "A Museum of Tolerance", Maclean's Magazine, March 17, 2003. Canadian historical novelists Nautical historical novelists Canadian male novelists 20th-century Canadian historians Writers from Ottawa Living people 1942 births Canadian male non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian historians {{Canada-writer-stub