The 16th volume in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series
featuring naval hero Thomas Kydd. The greatest naval trial in the
Georgian period is underway at Portsmouth with the court martial of
Sir Home Popham, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd's commanding officer in
the doomed occupation of Buenos Aires. Kydd has some sympathy for
Popham's unauthorized action but his support for his former
commander leaves him athwart some very influential people in the
Admiralty. With his frigate L'Aurore unfit for sea, Kydd is given a
commission that some will hope destroy his career. Tyger has
recently mutinied but instead of having her company dispersed
around the fleet as is customary, the ship is pressed into
immediate service in the North Sea. Kydd faces a crew still under
some malign influence. Enemies aboard and on the high seas are just
the start of the problem. Soon he will have to take his untested
and untrustworthy crew into the Baltic, and there they will get
entangled with Napoleon's invasion of Prussia. The stakes are
desperate, the task seemingly impossible and the French implacable.
But the only way for Kydd to avoid disgrace is to gamble his
reputation and crew on a crazy mission to snatch a Prussian
division out of the jaws of Napoleon's advancing army. Will he
return home once more a hero, or himself face a court martial?
General
Imprint: |
Globe Pequot Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Julian Stockwin
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Pages: |
352 |
Edition: |
2023 ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4930-7505-8 |
Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-4930-7505-5 |
Barcode: |
9781493075058 |
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