A historical maritime thriller starring Captain Kit Faulkner: perfect for fans of Hornblower, CS Forrester and Patrick O'Brian
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England, 1659. Captain Kit Faulkner's house is prospering; his eldest son, Nathaniel, has recently returned from a profitable trip to Jamaica in the good ship Faithful, and his daughter, Hannah, has made a suitable match with a young sailor. But the resignation of the Lord Protector, Richard Cromwell, throws England into uncertainty. Will the republic flourish, or will a King return to the throne?
Kit is content to let matters take their natural course, but his younger son, Henry, is an idealist with...
A historical maritime thriller starring Captain Kit Faulkner: perfect for fans of Hornblower, CS Forrester and Patrick O'Brian
England, 1659. Captain Kit Faulkner's house is prospering; his eldest son, Nathaniel, has recently returned from a profitable trip to Jamaica in the good ship Faithful, and his daughter, Hannah, has made a suitable match with a young sailor. But the resignation of the Lord Protector, Richard Cromwell, throws England into uncertainty. Will the republic flourish, or will a King return to the throne?
Kit is content to let matters take their natural course, but his younger son, Henry, is an idealist with political ambitions. It soon becomes clear that Henry is in much deeper than Kit first realised, and Henry's actions may threaten everything that Kit holds dear . . .
- ISBN10 1780104553
- ISBN13 9781780104553
- Publish Date 1 November 2013 (first published 11 July 2013)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Canongate Books Ltd
- Imprint Severn House
- Edition Main
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 272
- Language English