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A Pretty Fortune
- Author
- Andrew Wareham
- Narrator
- Paul Fox
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 10 June 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
His ship is new and powerful . . . and sails like a pig. He must make the best of it under the command of the harshest, but possibly fairest, taskmaster in the Navy.
There are still a few rich prizes left, and any number of belligerent French and Spanish ships of war, and the Barbary Rovers are enjoying their final resurgence.
For a young captain still making his name the Mediterranean has a great deal to offer, with the ever-present possibility of losing all if he takes too great a risk.
Although he has left his beloved young wife behind, Bloody Nick is off to enjoy himself again.
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Details
- Author
- Andrew Wareham
- Narrator
- Paul Fox
- Duration
- 9 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 June 2025
- ISBN
- 9798331907723
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Historical fiction, First World War fiction
Synopsis
Captain Nicholas Turnhouse—Bloody Nick—takes his new experimental Amphion-class heavy frigate out to the Mediterranean to join the command of Old Jervie, Lord St Vincent, immediately after the Battle of the Nile.His ship is new and powerful . . . and sails like a pig. He must make the best of it under the command of the harshest, but possibly fairest, taskmaster in the Navy.There are still a few rich prizes left, and any number of belligerent French and Spanish ships of war, and the Barbary Rovers are enjoying their final resurgence.For a young captain still making his name the Mediterranean has a great deal to offer, with the ever-present possibility of losing all if he takes too great a risk.Although he has left his beloved young wife behind, Bloody Nick is off to enjoy himself again.
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