The tide of war
By: Seth Hunter
Series: Nathan Peake -- 2; Nathan Peake novels -- 2; Nathan Peake series -- 02; Nathan Peake -- 2.
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780755343096; 9780755343089
Subjects: Navies; Fiction; Officers; Spy stories; Naval History
Description: Newly-promoted Captain Nathan Peake is despatched to the Caribbean to take command of the British navy's latest frigate, the 32-gun Unicorn. But the Unicorn already has a tragic history of mutiny - and murder. And her previous captain has washed up in New Orleans with his throat cut. Meanwhile the Revolutionary authorities in Paris have sent the best frigate in the French fleet, the 44-gun Virginie, on a secret mission to spread war, rebellion and mayhem from the shores of Cuba to the swamps of the Mississippi Delta.
Notes: Cover subtitle: 1794 : muder, mutiny and betrayal as war rips through the Caribbean.
Table of contents: title: The second exciting novel in Seth Hunter's naval adventure series, featuring Captain Nathan Peake. 1795: Britain and France are at war and Peake has been engaged in treacherous undercover work in Paris for Prime Minister William Pitt. But he's anxious to play a more conventional role in the conflict. His hopes appear to be realised when he's called to command the Unicorn, a crack new frigate stationed in the Bahamas. But there's a catch; the frigate's previous captain was murdered, almost certainly by members of his own crew. Peake struggles to forge this mutinous gang of reprobates into a fighting force, as they prepare to meet the French Virginie in Caribbean waters. But he soon discovers that they face a far greater enemy than the French; title: what is American secret agent Gilbert Imlay doing aboard the French ship?