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The war at sea is petering out, the French building for the future but sending very little to sea for the while. Prize money is something of the past. Hungry sailors are rescued by the American declaration of war, their President unwisely responding to British provocation. The opportunity is there to cripple the American merchant marine and provide a last great outpouring of rich prizes.
Nick Turnhouse is at the top of the List and is one of the fortunate captains made in the Blue Squadron and given a command at sea. The bulk of his contemporaries in the Blue Squadron are sent to halfpay with no prospect of future employment, unofficially ‘yellowed'''.
As was normal, Nick spends as much time on halfpay as he does afloat until the war ends. King Louis XVIII is restored amid general and justified expectation that he will create another revolution in his first year on the throne.
Napoleon returns and Nick takes a makeshift blockading squadron to the Bordeaux stream and disaster strikes…
Genre: Historical
Nick Turnhouse is at the top of the List and is one of the fortunate captains made in the Blue Squadron and given a command at sea. The bulk of his contemporaries in the Blue Squadron are sent to halfpay with no prospect of future employment, unofficially ‘yellowed'''.
As was normal, Nick spends as much time on halfpay as he does afloat until the war ends. King Louis XVIII is restored amid general and justified expectation that he will create another revolution in his first year on the throne.
Napoleon returns and Nick takes a makeshift blockading squadron to the Bordeaux stream and disaster strikes…
Genre: Historical
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