Nelson : On the High Seas
(2019)(A book in the Poisoned River series)
An omnibus of novels by Jan Needle
The Dreadful Havoc.
After the disastrous expedition up the Rio San Nelson - at the age of only 22 - is 'a dead man walking.'
He is carried ashore at Port Royal in a cot, and saved from certain death only by the intervention of Captain 'Coachee' Cornwallis, who is determined Nelson recover. With his faithful companion, Tim Hastie, Nelson spends many weeks with Cuba and her young nurses, often delirious and racked by fever and by pain.
Sent back to England still a wreck, Nelson must endure a long and painful journey...
To his dismay, Nelson is sent on escort duty in the icy Baltic, and from there to Canada with bullion to pay the British Army in Quebec. With the American War of Independence over, it is all too tame for Horatio, who is desperate to seek glory on the Caribbean Station.
The hated French, however, are his saviours. For it is now the 1790s, and the French Revolution has torn a gash in Europe. The growing chaos of their revolution reignites the war between the two countries, and Nelson, appointed to command the Agamemnon, finds himself in the Mediterranean, where his destiny takes some unexpected turns.
'A thundering great novel. What's really amazing is how much he seems to know about so many different things...what more could you want from a thriller? A cracking good read' - Tony Parker, New Statesman & Society
'So topical...[Needle] develops a complex, ingenious plot at breakneck speed and has a sharp underdog's eye' - John McVicar, Time Out
'Compelling, vivid, racy...' Guardian
'Recalls the golden age of British investigative reporting: hard-hitting, crusading, alarming prescience.' The Times
Jan Needle was born in Portsmouth and after a spell in journalism took a degree in drama at Manchester University where he started writing plays for stage, TV and radio, then novels for adults and children. He has had more than 40 books published including versions of Moby Dick and other classics aimed at opening up this sometimes heavy-going world to a new generation.
Genre: Thriller
After the disastrous expedition up the Rio San Nelson - at the age of only 22 - is 'a dead man walking.'
He is carried ashore at Port Royal in a cot, and saved from certain death only by the intervention of Captain 'Coachee' Cornwallis, who is determined Nelson recover. With his faithful companion, Tim Hastie, Nelson spends many weeks with Cuba and her young nurses, often delirious and racked by fever and by pain.
Sent back to England still a wreck, Nelson must endure a long and painful journey...
To his dismay, Nelson is sent on escort duty in the icy Baltic, and from there to Canada with bullion to pay the British Army in Quebec. With the American War of Independence over, it is all too tame for Horatio, who is desperate to seek glory on the Caribbean Station.
The hated French, however, are his saviours. For it is now the 1790s, and the French Revolution has torn a gash in Europe. The growing chaos of their revolution reignites the war between the two countries, and Nelson, appointed to command the Agamemnon, finds himself in the Mediterranean, where his destiny takes some unexpected turns.
Praise for Jan Needle:
'A thundering great novel. What's really amazing is how much he seems to know about so many different things...what more could you want from a thriller? A cracking good read' - Tony Parker, New Statesman & Society
'So topical...[Needle] develops a complex, ingenious plot at breakneck speed and has a sharp underdog's eye' - John McVicar, Time Out
'Compelling, vivid, racy...' Guardian
'Recalls the golden age of British investigative reporting: hard-hitting, crusading, alarming prescience.' The Times
Jan Needle was born in Portsmouth and after a spell in journalism took a degree in drama at Manchester University where he started writing plays for stage, TV and radio, then novels for adults and children. He has had more than 40 books published including versions of Moby Dick and other classics aimed at opening up this sometimes heavy-going world to a new generation.
Genre: Thriller
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