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Thomas Kydd was promoted
to acting lieutenant at the Battle of Camperdown. Now, he has to
sit an examination to confirm his rank - or face an inglorious return
before the mast. But this is only the first of many obstacles. Kydd is
from humble origins and he must become a gentleman - or spend the rest
of his career as a tarpaulin officer.
Kydd and his enigmatic
friend Renzi set sail in Tenacious for the North American station. The
young United States is in dispute with revolutionary France, the Quasi
War, and Kydd finds himself in the USS Constellation at the birth of
the American Navy.
The book is published in the UK
by Hodder & Stoughton and in the US by McBooks Press |