Under Enemy ColorsPenguin, 2007 - 486 páginas A sweeping novel of maritime mutiny set against the backdrop of the French Revolution that evokes such masters as Patrick O'Brian and Bernard Cornwell. At the time of the French Revolution, one of Britain's most skillful naval officers, Charles Saunders Hayden, is a young lieutenant, the son of an English father and a French mother. His abilities and his loyalty to the king of England are beyond dispute, yet his career seems doomed by his "mixed" heritage and lack of political connections. Consequently, Hayden is assigned to an aging frigate, the Themis, under the command of Captain Josiah Hart, a man known as "Faint Hart" throughout the service. As the Themis takes to sea to harass the enemy, the disaffection of the crew begins to boil over into acts of violence, and the lieutenant finds himself caught between his superior and a crew pushed toward mutiny. A revolution at sea ensues, and Hayden is wrenchingly torn between honor and duty, as the magnificent Royal Navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle for power. This is a novel that satisfies on all levels, and will be loved by a wide range of readers: Patrick O'Brian's adoring literary following, as well as readers who love Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Jeff Shaara. Its scenes of maritime warfare match, and even surpass, O'Brian's for majesty and drama. |
Contenido
Sección 1 | 3 |
Sección 2 | 6 |
Sección 3 | 12 |
Sección 4 | 32 |
Sección 5 | 50 |
Sección 6 | 55 |
Sección 7 | 65 |
Sección 8 | 76 |
Sección 16 | 222 |
Sección 17 | 234 |
Sección 18 | 247 |
Sección 19 | 260 |
Sección 20 | 275 |
Sección 21 | 307 |
Sección 22 | 334 |
Sección 23 | 367 |
Sección 9 | 96 |
Sección 10 | 98 |
Sección 11 | 108 |
Sección 12 | 115 |
Sección 13 | 135 |
Sección 14 | 162 |
Sección 15 | 174 |
Sección 24 | 392 |
Sección 25 | 448 |
Sección 26 | 450 |
Sección 27 | 470 |
Sección 28 | 483 |
Sección 29 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
aboard Aldrich allow answered appeared Archer asked Barthe began believe better boat Bourne cabin called Captain Hart carry certainly clear close command course crew dark deck distant doctor door duty English eyes face fear feel felt fire flogged forward French frigate gaze give glanced glass Griffiths gunroom hand Hart's Hawthorne Hayden head hear heard Henrietta Hertle hope hour keep Landry lieutenant light looked marine master mean mind moment mutineers never night nodded observed offered officers once ordered passed perhaps prize question quickly rail raised reached Robert sail seemed ship side silence smile soon sound speak stand Stephens stood sure taken tell Thank Themis thought took transports turned voice watch whispered Wickham wind wondered young