The West Indian bases are desperate: post vessels-a vital communications link between England and the West Indies in the war against France-are mysteriously disappearing and no packets have arrived with orders in months. Were the privateers out in full force again? Had Napoleon's navy a secret new weapon? Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage sets out from Jamaica to discover what treachery is threatening to throw the British navy into chaos.

About the Author
Dudley Pope, a naval defense correspondent of the London Evening News, progressed to writing carefully researched naval history. C.S. Forester urged Pope to try his hand at fiction and saw the younger writer as his literary heir. Pope began what was to become an impressive series with Ramage (1965) and, over the next 24 years, produced 17 more novels tracing Lord Ramage's career. Pope died in 1997.

Reviews
"The first and still favourite rival to Hornblower." -- Daily Mirror
"An author who really knows Nelson's navy." -- Observer



Book Information
ISBN 9780935526806
Author Dudley Pope
Format Paperback
Page Count 350
Imprint McBooks Press
Publisher Globe Pequot Press
Weight(grams) 458g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 28mm