Attending King Louis, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is alarmed to receive secret intelligence that a new and imminent threat to peace exists. Seizing an oportinity he alone can exploit, Drinkwater risks his life and reputation to prevent disaster befalling his country.
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Action to the bone, no romantic bilge-water (OBSERVER)
. . for all who like to read about naval action in the 19th century, told with gusto and bravura (PUBLISHING News)
Richard Woodman is well-known for his Nathaniel Drinkwater series of historical naval novels, a dozen other sea-stories, histories of the development of ships and works on sea-power during the Napoleonic Wars. He has also produced two widely acclaimed studies of convoys operations during the Second World War, Malta Convoys and Arctic Convoys.
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