Yankee Mission av Julian Stockwin

169,-

Kjøp

<B>1812. </B>Off the coast of Brazil, HMS <I>Java</I>, a proud British 38-gun frigate, is captured in battle by the American USS <I>Constitution</I> - signaling across the world's oceans a challenge to Britain's naval premiership that cannot be ignored.<BR/><BR/> Back in England Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is enjoying a moment of normal life with his wife and his newborn son. With his <I>Thunderer</I> in dock receiving some well-earned repairs he is, momentarily, without a command. It's a position the Admiralty does not leave him in for long, and he is soon given a mission: engage the young republic in a fair fight, frigate against frigate, and restore the Navy's reputation. And they have just the ship and crew for him . . .<I> Tyger</I>.<BR/><BR/> But on reaching the US east coast, Kydd and his trusted Tygers realizes that the hardest part of their mission will be drawing out one of the Yankee men-o'-war to engage in battle - espe