β Scribed by Dudley Pope
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"An author who really knows Nelson's navy." -- Observer
"Not even C. S. Forester knows more about the routine and battle procedures of the British Navy in the days of Nelson." -- The New York Times
"The first and still favourite rival to Hornblower." -- Daily Mirror
The West Indian bases are desperate: post vesselsβa vital communications link between England and the West Indies in the war against Franceβare mysteriously disappearing and no packets have arrived with orders in months. Were the privateers out in full force again? Had Napoleon's navy a secret new weapon? Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage sets out from Jamaica to discover what treachery is threatening to throw the British navy into chaos.
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### Review "All the verve and expertise of Forester." (The Observer) "Expert Knowledge of naval history." -- *Guardian* ### Product Description The youngest captain in His Majesty's Navy, with a reputation for landing impossible assignments, Lord Ramage is dispatched to the Caribbean islands of M
### Review "The excitement never slackens." (The Sunday Times) "The first and still the favourite to Hornblower." -- *Daily Mirror* ### Product Description The vicious mutineers aboard the British ship Jocasta had surrendered their vessel to Spain. Sailing aboard the frigate Calypso, Captain Lord
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### Review "Not even Forester knows more about the routine and battle procedures of the British Navy in the days of Nelson." -- *The New York Times* ### Product Description Captain Lord Ramage's honeymoon in France is interrupted by a sudden end to the Peace of Amiens. Finding themselves on unfri
### Review An author who really knows Nelson`s Navy. -- ___The Observer_ ### Product Description Captain Lord Ramage and the Calypso return from Devil's Island, but Ramage's new wife Sarah is missing. The captain would like nothing better than to sail home immediately, but instead he is ordered t
### Review "The excitement never slackens." -- *The Sunday Times* "The first and still the favourite to Hornblower." -- *Daily Mirror* ### Product Description The Calypso and her captain, Lord Nicholas Ramage, venture further into the French-dominated waters of the Mediterranean on an Admiralty