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Auteur de Rough Passage to London

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Robin Lloyd has written a "Sea Tale" that is intense, intriguing, captivating, and full of suspense, mystery and adventure. The Genres for this story are a combination of Historical Fiction and Fiction, that are woven through both the author's research and imagination. The author bases the main character Captain Morgan, actually Elisha Ely Morgan a relative in his family.

Elisha is a young boy and is with his brother around the War of 1812. While the two boys are investigating their property, they witness the British blow up American ships. They escape. Elisha's father is a mean tempered man who bullies and beats him. Elisha leaves home after a letter arrives that two of his brothers who left home have met with tragedy. One brother is dead, and the other is either missing or dead. Elisha makes his mind up to find his missing brother. This mystery, adventure and chase takes much of his life.

Elisha sails off the rough seas and finds himself working hard as a sailor. He works hard, and gets a higher rank. He finds himself on large sailing ships going between America and England. As the years pass, the reader sees the dangerous path that Elisha has taken. There are hurricanes, and storms at sea, mutiny, war, pirates, drugs and slave trade.

I would recommend this book for those readers that enjoy the chase, adventure, mystery and danger.
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teachlz | 25 autres critiques | Oct 11, 2018 |
This novel offers another, little know story of the role Cuba paid during the Civil War. Cuba was still a Spanish Colony, a slave colony, and they offered trade with the Confederates via blockade runners who moved uniforms and arms in return for cotton. England, Spain and Mexico were all involved in this scheme. The fictional novel is set in this background, and it is obvious that the author has done extensive research.
The author gives us a lush tropical setting where the government is corrupt and the wealthy plantation owners control pretty much everything. The slaves are restless, the cruelty is extreme, and yet life for the well-off is rich and sumptuous. Everett Townsend is a very, very young ship captain who sails into port and almost immediately becomes involved in all kinds of intrigue and danger. There are dangers everywhere, secret plots and violence, and of course a love story. My quibble with the book is that the authors focuses too much on his research and not enough on his characters and their development. I felt there was too much focus on the mechanics of sailing - however fans of this activity will love the detailed accounts of preparing and sailing ships under fire etc.
I wish the character had been fleshed out more fully, the story less predictable.
This book was free copy form BookBrowse, given in return for joining a discussion on their wonderful website.
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Rdra1962 | 1 autre critique | Aug 1, 2018 |
I stepped out of my comfort zone a bit with this one as I don't typically read Civil War era historical fiction. But the reason this book caught my interest was the setting was Cuba rather than the United States and it explores the role shipping played in the war. Slave trade by other countries besides the United States is another subject that gets brought up in the book. This is why the book is unique rather than just another typical battlefield/romance story.

While the characters are fictional, part of the story is based on the real life murder of an English diplomat. I'll admit I found myself more interested in that story line and the stuff taking place in Cuba rather than when the action was on the ship. I thought the main character, Everett Townsend was well-developed and I enjoyed his interactions with Emma.

One of the reasons I enjoy historical fiction is it can introduce you to a part of history you previously knew very little about and make you want to find out more when the story is over. I definitely recommend if you like Civil War historical fiction because it does bring something different to the genre.

I won a free copy of this book in a giveaway by Shelf Awareness. I was under no obligation to post a review and all views expressed are my honest opinion.
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fastforward | 1 autre critique | Jun 14, 2018 |
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
Historical fiction based on Elisha Ely Morgan who commanded packet ships sailing between America and England in the 1800s.

An ok nautical read which seemed to jump around too quickly to really care what was going on. It was too annoying to get interested in the actions then have history leap forward five years and the thread dropped. Characters were sterotypical 'evil British' or acted in a manner which seemed very unlikely and continuously took me out of the narrative. This is not a book I would readily recommend to anyone unless they had specific interest in the captain himself.… (plus d'informations)
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taisiia | 25 autres critiques | Feb 2, 2014 |

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