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ALL THE BRAVE FELLOWS

Nelson James

Oprawa:
MIĘKKA

Wydawca:
Transworld

Data premiery:
2010-05-18

ISBN:
9780552162630

68,19 PLN
Wysyłamy w 35 dni

Opis produktu

James Nelson has served as a seaman rigger boatswain and officer on a number of sailing vessels.He is the author of the five books comprising The Revolution at Sea Saga and The Brethren of the Coast trilogy. He lives with his wife and children in Maine.His web site can be found at www.jameslnelson.com.The triumphant finale to the Revolution at Sea seriesIt is 1777 and captain Isaac Biddlecomb together with his wife and child is bound for Philadelphia aboard the brig Charlemagne. His orders are to take command of the newlybuilt frigate Falmouth and take her out to sea before she is taken by General Richard Howes invading army. Unknown to Biddlecomb the entire British fleet stands between him and the new nations capital. Forced to run his beloved brig aground Biddlecomb comes face to face with his mortal enemy Lieutenant John Smeaton.Meanwhile General Washington has yielded Philadelphia to Britains might. As Biddlecomb and his crew battle to reach the prized Falmouth only shipwright Malachi Foote and a ragtag band of deserters stand between the vessel and the seemingly unstoppable British army.The triumphant finale to the REVOLUTION AT SEA sagaWill appeal to fans of C.S Forester and Patrick OBrianNelson writes with the eagerness of a young man sailing his first commandSpirited adventure and great readingCHAPTER 1 I am now Applying myself with all diligence to the Business of the Navy Board . . . but I think it peculiarly Unhappy that we Enter on this Business when the Circumstances of the Fleet are far from being such as promises any Hopes that we can gratify the Expectations of the people . . . JAMES WARREN WRITING TO JOHN ADAMS SEPTEMBER 7 1777 The wind blew cold steady and strong striking the New Jersey coast at an oblique angle and sending up a line of breakers miles long. The Continental brigofwar Charlemagne was half a league off the coast far enough to be beyond the immediate threat of the breaking surf but close enough for her people to be wary and concerned. The sky was ugly gray the color of boiled meat. The sea was gray as well taking its mood from the muffled daylight and covered over its surface with whitecaps that flashed in long rows extending seaward to the horizon. The hair was white pure white. Capt. Isaac Biddlecomb leaned closer to the mirror one hand on the washbasin to steady himself against the roll of the ship bits of shaving soap still clinging to his chin. There it was nestled among the long black hairs that swept back along his head and were bound up in a queue. A white hair. A ghostly harbinger of creeping age. He was only thirtyone. It seemed altogether too early for that sort of thing. Have you only now noticed that? Virginia Biddlecomb his wife of just over a year sat on the locker aft her back against the weather side of the great cabin her feet against the big table which was in turn lashed to the deck. In that position she held herself motionless against the roll and plunge of the brig

Data Publikacji: 2010-05-18
Wymiary: 178 mm 110 mm 29 mm 262 gr

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