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Chargement... A Sea Unto Itselfpar Jay Worrall
Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  jamespurcell | Jun 5, 2021 |   And I’m very happy for the opportunity to read it. There’s lots of action and sub-plots at the beginning and the writing is great. There are parts with lots of action, like the battle scenes, but there are also long stretches at sea, which could be tedious to read, but surprisingly aren’t. I thought it was very interesting to catch this glimpse of what life on board a ship at that time would have been like. The characters are all well developed with very distinctive personalities. overall a book that could have been bad, but isn’t. A story that could have been boring but it riveting. (  ) katsmiao | Oct 23, 2015 | And I’m very happy for the opportunity to read it. There’s lots of action and sub-plots at the beginning and the writing is great. There are parts with lots of action, like the battle scenes, but there are also long stretches at sea, which could be tedious to read, but surprisingly aren’t. I thought it was very interesting to catch this glimpse of what life on board a ship at that time would have been like. The characters are all well developed with very distinctive personalities. overall a book that could have been bad, but isn’t. A story that could have been boring but it riveting. ( ) katsmiao | Oct 23, 2015 | And I’m very happy for the opportunity to read it. There’s lots of action and sub-plots at the beginning and the writing is great. There are parts with lots of action, like the battle scenes, but there are also long stretches at sea, which could be tedious to read, but surprisingly aren’t. I thought it was very interesting to catch this glimpse of what life on board a ship at that time would have been like. The characters are all well developed with very distinctive personalities. overall a book that could have been bad, but isn’t. A story that could have been boring but it riveting. ( ) katsmiao | Oct 23, 2015 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieCharles Edgemont (3)
The year is 1799. The year before, Napoleon Bonaparte, the newest upstart among Republican France's generals, led a large expeditionary force across the Mediterranean to conquer Egypt, where he remains. Well enough; but why? France's enemies are in Europe, not Africa. Egypt, the fabled land of the Pharaohs, is of no earthly use to this young Napoleon. Or is it? Could it be that Egypt is intended only as a stepping stone for an invasion of Britain's troubled colonies in India? Incredible though it seems, such a threat could deprive England of the great source of its wealth and devastate her ability to continue the war against her revolutionary enemy. It has long been known to colonial powers that Egypt is a corner stone to domination of Europe and Napoleon well knows that control of the Red Sea is crucial to his plans. Charles Edgemont, newly appointed Captain of the Frigate Cassandra, 32, is ordered on what he initially considers a fool's errand to the foot of the Red Sea. He finds an under-strength crew on the point of mutiny, and an unresolved murder. Near the entrance to the Red Sea, Charles reports to Admiral Sir John Blankett. Blankett is openly contemptuous of any notion that the French would make any other attempt to invade the subcontinent. Admiral Blankett is wrong. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Edgemont's Admiralty orders give him, much to the dismay of the local admiral, the latitude to undertake his mission the prevent Napoleon from invading India. The rousing battle scenes conclude this series about a very overlooked part of the British Empire quite nicely (