 Hodder &
Stoughton ISBN:
0340 794 771 [Paperbacks]
| It is some years since Thomas
Kydd was spirited away in the night to serve his country aboard the old
line-of-battle ship Duke
William. Now, together with other members of the ill-fated
Artemis Tom is a shipwrecked sailor back in the land of his birth. But far from
being able to return to loved ones, they find themselves virtual
prisoners, waiting to be summoned as court-martial witnesses. In a
political act to shield an officer's reputation, they are shipped out
in haste to the Caribbean - where sugar is king and the yellow jack is
a fearsome peril. There, Kydd finds his seamanship, tenacity and
courage put to the ultimate test.
The book was published in the UK
in 2003 by Hodder & Stoughton and in the US by Scribner | Scribner ISBN: 07432 14625 [Paperbacks]
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