Title: Peter Raven Under Fire
First published: July 1, 2005
Description: Peter Raven is the new midshipman on board HMS Torren, a Royal Navy ship battling with the French, led by General Napoleon Bonaparte. From the outset the thirteen-year old finds himself bound to Commodore Beaumont, an intrepid British spy. When unexpected events at sea plunge the pair into a dangerous intrigue on shore, they discover an extraordinary plot by France to create a new empire by taking control of the recently formed United States. Soon its a race against time to the pirate-filled waters of the Caribbean to save an entire nation, and a spirited American girl who has captured their hearts!
Subjects: Midshipmen, Great Britain, Sea stories, Louisiana Purchase, History, Seafaring life, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01032683, Adventure fiction, Naval History, Spy stories, Naval history, Children's fiction, Napoleon i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821, fiction, Great britain, history, naval, fiction