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Once again Captain Quinton finds himself in the thick of the action, fighting the Dutch in one of the epic encounters of the age of sail. But the battle is a disaster: the fleet is mysteriously divided, with part of it sent to meet a French threat that never materialises, while thousands are slaughtered by the Dutch. As popular fury turns violent, the King decides heads must roll, and Quinton is sent to rebellious, pirate-infested Plymouth to root out the source of the false intelligence that cost so many British lives. It is an unenviable role -- especially when all the evidence seems to point towards an old friend and boon companion. Then Quinton receives an urgent message from his wife, the usually level-headed Cornelia, begging him to come home to London at once... |
1666. The Four Days' Battle.|
Author: J. D. Davies Title: The Battle of All the Ages Series: The Journals of Matthew Quinton First Published by: Old Street Publishing Place: UK Format: PB Date: 9 June 2014 ISBN-10: 1908699698 ISBN-13: 9781908699695 |
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