Balkan Glory av Julian Stockwin

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<p><b>''Balkan Glory is an epic chapter in the splendid Kydd canon, weaving knotty political gambits with stirring naval actions, expressively re-creating the often harsh reality Jack Tars witnessed within their wooden walls during the Napoleonic Wars'' - <i>Quarterdeck</i></b><br><br><b>1811. The Adriatic, the ''French Lake'', is now the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses.</b> Captain Sir Thomas Kydd finds his glorious return to England cut short when the Admiralty summons him to lead a squadron of frigates into these waters to cause havoc and distress to the enemy. <br><br>Kydd is dubbed ''The Sea Devil'' by Bonaparte who personally appoints one of his favourites, Dubourdieu, along with a fleet that greatly outweighs the British, to rid him of this menace.<br><br>At the same time, Nicholas Renzi is sent to Austria on a secret mission to sound out the devious arch-statesman, Count Metternich. His meeting reveals a deadly plan by Bonaparte that threatens the whole bal