Fifty Thousand Overcoats

1812: A British ship's owner/captain comes out of retirement and finds his ship is being used as a blockade runner to supply Bonaparte's army in Russia with overcoats. Apparently based on a true 1812 incident

  • Author: Frank Eccles
  • Title: Fifty Thousand Overcoats
  • First Published by: J M Dent & Sons Ltd.
  • First Published Place: London
  • First Published Format: HC
  • First Published Date: 1973
  • ISBN-10: 0460058800
  • ISBN-13: 9780460058803

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