Mr Relph was using his telescope again, nodding in satisfaction.
“Merchantmen are trying to take the ground, sir, in the harbour mouth – they cannot stand up to thirty-two pound balls, sir. The frigates have collided with one of the transports, sir, and with each other. The rearmost two-decker has lowered her flag, sir – ripped apart by those carronades at fifty yards distant, sir. The admiral has lowered his colours, sir – there must be a general surrender now.”
“Enter harbour when possible, Captain Arbuthnot. Harfleur to set a prize crew aboard the rearmost two-decker. Your people to the undamaged ship, Captain Arbuthnot – hold her under our broadside just in case she may feel aggrieved at the surrender. Then, sir, we must try to tidy this bloody mess in the harbour – there are transports everywhere, and possibly as many as two thousand mercenary Albanians and Greeks and Croats and God alone knows who else to be tidied up and put under guard somehow and somewhere. I hesitate to say it, even in jest, but Captain Mayhew’s services might be welcomed here!”
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Thank you for reading The Duty and Destiny Series. Book Thirteen’s projected release date is late, 2017. In the meantime, please check out the author’s other novels listed on the following pages. Andrew’s recently penned Innocents at War Series, has already received much critical acclaim and comes highly recommended.
By the Same Author
Innocents at War Series: The Royal Flying Corps grew from the amateur hobbyists flying the earliest and most dangerous machines. Mostly drawn from the Army and Navy, the pilots regarded themselves as gentlemen members of a new club. The Great War saw the death of amateurism - except in the higher ranks - and the unplanned, fortuitous creation of a professional force.
Innocents at War follows the career of Anglo-American flier, Tommy Stark, an enthusiastic boy forced to grow up quickly as many around him die. His deep affection for squire’s daughter, Grace is his only certainty as the bitter conflict threatens to strip the world of its innocence.
Series Page Links:
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Man of Conflict Series: The youngest son of a wealthy merchant, Septimus Pearce is a spoiled brat, wild and heedless. His recklessness promises to cost the family firm money and harm his father's hopes of social advancement. His father forces him to join the army in an attempt straighten him out. However, even the disciplines of army life fail to completely exorcise his nastier character traits. But his callousness and indifference to suffering sometimes proves to be advantageous in the heat of battle, and he slowly gains the respect of his men.
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The Duty and Destiny Series: First published in 2014, The Duty and Destiny Series is a superbly-crafted and extensive collection of historical novels with a strong naval/seafaring theme. The series follows the naval career, loves and business dealings of Englishman, Frederick Harris, a brave but reluctant mariner. Despite his disinclination, he is seemingly destined to become a Master and Commander of his own ship
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Hungry Harry: An Orphan in the Ranks: Born in a home for fallen women, at the age of eight the barefooted and waiflike Harry is sent out to work. After years of unpaid toil and hunger, he runs away and is cajoled into believing that the Army is his only option. He joins a battalion that is sent to Africa’s Slave Coast where disease is the biggest killer of men. When the much-thinned battalion returns to England and is disbanded, he drifts into smuggling in order to survive. All goes well until he is betrayed and forced back on the run. Leaving the West Country behind, he enlists in a Sussex regiment which is sent to quell rioting in the north where he faces danger from the angry Mob, and from the rage of a sadistic young ensign who is out for Harry’s blood.
Universal Kindle Link
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The Making of a Man Series
A Victorian Gent: Naïve Dick Burke is hoodwinked into marrying a man-hungry aristocrat’s daughter who just seven months later produces a son! It’s the start of a long humiliation that sees Dick flee to America as the Civil War looms. Siding with the Union, the conflict could be the making or the breaking of him, as could his alliance with Elizabeth, an attractive and feisty American businesswoman.
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A Poor Man at the Gate: The series follows the fortunes of young Englishman Tom Andrews, a petty smuggler turned ‘pirate’ and his friend Joseph Star, a part-Carib freed slave. After making a small but illicitly gained fortune aboard a privateering ship in the Caribbean and later in New York at the time of the Revolutionary War, they are betrayed and forced to flee to England. This expansive and meticulously-researched family saga tells of Tom and Joseph’s triumphs and disasters as they aspire to create powerful dynasties to rival any in England.
Series Page Links:
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Cannibal Country Trilogy
Book One: Long Way Place: In the early 1900s gutter rat, Ned Hawkins aims to rise from the grinding poverty of an English slum, but is forced to flee the country and ends up in Papua. It is a dangerous place where cannibalism and cannibals are never far away. Despite this menacing backdrop, he prospers and almost by accident, finds love. However, there are ominous stirrings in the land that bode ill for the future.
Universal Kindle Link:
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Some of the author’s growing stable books (not all are
listed here) are also available in leading ebook stores.
They can be found online by searching by author name.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
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Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
By the Same Author
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