Blood diamond
Subtitle: a Pirate Devlin novel
By: Mark Keating
Series: A Pirate Devlin novel; Pirate Devlin -- 3; Pirate Devlin -- 3.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781444727869; 9781444727852; 9781444727845
Subjects: Patrick Devlin (Fictitious character); Fiction; Pirates; History
Description: Each Devlin novel is a standalone adventure. In BLOOD DIAMOND the fearless pirate captain Devlin is invited to London by the Prince of Wales, no less, and offered an amnesty if he will carry out a daring crime. Devlin is tasked with going to Paris to steal the biggest, most valuable diamond ever found - the Pitt Diamond - now in the possession of the French Prince Regent. Set against the unsure frenzy of speculation known as the South Sea Bubble, with action and suspense on the filthy streets and great palaces of London and Paris, not to mention an epic confrontation with the French navy in the English Channel, BLOOD DIAMOND is sthe most exciting novel yet in the Devlin series.
Table of contents: title: Fearless pirate Captain Devlin is invited to London by the Prince of Wales, no less, and offered an amnesty if he will carry out a daring crime. Devlin is tasked with going to Paris to steal the biggest, most valuable diamond ever found; title: the Pitt Diamond; title: now in the possession of the French Prince Regent. Set against the unsure frenzy of speculation known as the South Sea Bubble, with action and suspense on the filthy streets and great palaces of London and Paris, not to mention an epic confrontation with the French navy in the English Channel.