Well written sea novel about an interesting time of French-British warfare. The hero is of mixed ancestry with a French mother and a British Naval Captain father.
This allows him a unique ability to work both sides of the street. Throw in a mutinous crew and you have an interesting book.
This allows him a unique ability to work both sides of the street. Throw in a mutinous crew and you have an interesting book.
A good sequel to the first book- Under Enemy Colors- with some new characters and some plot twists. Again the hero achievements go mostly unrewarded and he is beset with further troubles to be resolved in Book 3 of this series.
Overall I would rate this series as an equal to some of the Kent books although not a match for O'Brian.
Overall I would rate this series as an equal to some of the Kent books although not a match for O'Brian.
Thomas F. (hardtack) -
I thoroughly enjoy this sequel to Under Enemy Colors.
Poor Master and Commander Charles Hayden, while not promoted to Post Captain, loses a ship assigned to him and is sent back to command the HMS Themis, as no one else wants that ship with its unsavory history.
The HMS Themis sails to the Mediterranean where Hayden finds that not only is he expected to accomplish miracles fighting the French, but that some of his deadliest enemies are British.
Yet Hayden makes some very important friends, and at the end of the book, when things couldn't possibly seem worse in both his professional and personal life, one of his midshipmen might be rallying some important help for him. And does Hayden need it!
We'll see what happens in the third book of this series.
Poor Master and Commander Charles Hayden, while not promoted to Post Captain, loses a ship assigned to him and is sent back to command the HMS Themis, as no one else wants that ship with its unsavory history.
The HMS Themis sails to the Mediterranean where Hayden finds that not only is he expected to accomplish miracles fighting the French, but that some of his deadliest enemies are British.
Yet Hayden makes some very important friends, and at the end of the book, when things couldn't possibly seem worse in both his professional and personal life, one of his midshipmen might be rallying some important help for him. And does Hayden need it!
We'll see what happens in the third book of this series.
