Fictionalised novel based on fact. "Vincey Joe" was the sailors nickname for the brig HMS Vencejo, captained by Commander John Wesley Wright. He ran secret agents into Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. The book covers her last cruise in 1804 off the coast of Brittany and in particular amongst the islands in Quiberon Bay. |
Author: Showell Styles Title: Vincey Joe at Quiberon Series: n/a First Published by: Faber and Faber Place: UK Format: HC Date: 11 October 1971 ISBN-10: 0-571096-80-8 ISBN-13: 978-0571096800
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