A Novel Of Men And The Sea In The Tradition Of Horatio Hornblower
Adam Horne, the captain of an East India Company vessel, sets out to search the Indian Ocean for a missing colleague, George Fanshaw, who has vanished with the company's navigational charts, its gold, and one of its finest ships, the China Flyer. Reprint.
In 1761, at the height of the war between France and Britain, Adam Horne, captain of the East India Company frigate Eclipse, and the Bombay Marines embark on a perilous mission to capture a defeated French commander from British forces in Madras. Original.
Auf der Suche nach einer Möglichkeit, den Konflikt in Indien wieder zu entfachen und die Franzosen vom Subkontinent zu vertreiben, beauftragen die britischen Generalstäbe Captain Adam Horne und seine Gruppe von entbehrlichen Schurken mit dieser gefährlichen Mission.