ASIN: B00L83GN40
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 219
1805. Giles Courtenay is given command of the 80-gun ARGYLL and ordered to join Nelson's Fleet in the Mediterranean. On his way, he stops at Gibraltar with despatches for the Flag Officer in Command, who, knowing his penchant for rescue missions, asks a favour of him. The favour is in the manner of assisting a American friend of the Admiral whose Navy has had a misfortune with some Barbary pirates. Courtenay agrees, with one eye on securing more crew members for his ship. He also meets up with his old friend Piers Tandy and plans a daring rescue operation. Eventually he is able to join Nelson, where he meets up with other old friends, Tim Spellman and Will Charlton. He is also saddled with the cowardly Spencer-White. Together they join in the hunt for the French fleet and take part in the race across the Atlantic to the West Indies when Nelson finds that is where Villeneuve has taken ...
