Under Enemy Colours

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Michael Joseph/Penquin
Publisher Place: Camberwell
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: Reprint

Description: 486 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. As The Streets Of Paris Are Overrun With Revolutionary Fervor, England Prepares For The Inevitable War With France. Along The South Coast, The Royal Navy Readies Its Fleet And Its Most Capable Officers.

Publishers Description: As the streets of Paris are overrun with revolutionary fervour, England prepares for the inevitable war with France. Along the south coast, the Royal Navy readies its fleet and its most capable officers.Lieutenant Charles Hayden is a man of undeniable ability. The son of an Englishman, his allegiance to the English Crown is beyond dispute. But, with a French mother, and wi As the streets of Paris are overrun with revolutionary fervour, England prepares for the inevitable war with France. Along the south coast, the Royal Navy readies its fleet and its most capable officers.Lieutenant Charles Hayden is a man of undeniable ability. The son of an Englishman, his allegiance to the English Crown is beyond dispute. But, with a French mother, and without any influence in the Admiralty, he is seemingly overlooked for his first commission as Master and Commander. Instead, he is posted to an aging frigate, the Themis, under the command of Captain Josiah Hart, a man known throughout the service as 'Faint Hart'.When the Themis takes to sea to hunt the enemy, Lieutenant Hayden is immediately caught between a tyrannical captain and a crew pushed to the verge of mutiny. Disaffection turns to violence, and Hayden is wrenchingly torn between honour and duty as the magnificent Royal Navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle for power.A sweeping and epic maritime adventure set during the momentous first clashes of the Napoleonic Wars - Under Enemy Colours is a masterpiece in the tradition of Patrick O'Brian and Bernard Cornwell.

ISBN: 9780718153489