When ex-Captain turned privateer Harry Ludlow and his brother James arrive in the teeming port, the atmosphere - already charged by English and French sailors at each other's throats - teeters precariously on a knife edge. Encouraged by Admiral Hood himself to investigate the officer's death, Harry takes to the seamy underbelly of Genoa, only to find himself in a terrifying rat's nest of subterfuge and amorality where the only currency is greed... |
Author: David Donachie Title: The Dying Trade Series: The Privateersman Mysteries First Published by: Macmillan Place: Format: HC Date: 1993 ISBN-10: 033357494X ISBN-13: 9780333574942 |
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