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Seaflower (3)

Seaflower (3)

Author(s): Julian Stockwin

Location(s): Caribbean

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Late 1700s

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It is two years since Thomas Kydd was spirited away in the night to serve his country aboard the old line-of-battle ship Duke William. Now, he and and the other members of the ill-fated Artemis are shipwrecked sailors, back in London waiting to be summoned as court martial witnesses. Then, in a political act to shield an officer’s reputation, they are shipped out in haste to the Caribbean – where sugar is king and yellow jack a fearsome peril.

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‘As with the previous books, SEAFLOWER is a busy story, crammed with events but never predictable. Like all good sea stories, it takes you to strange and wonderful places. There are hurricanes and battles...

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