Mr Midshipman Fury 9780099498681 Paperback

Fans of Hornblower and Sharpe will love this captivating andcompelling nautical adventure from much loved author G.S.Beard. Guaranteed to stir into life even the most sluggish of readers!’If you like sea stories, you will enjoy this, and even if you think you don’t but enjoy things like Sharpe, it might just convert you’ – HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW’Excellent gripping story gives you little time to put the book down’ — ***** Reader review’Read almost overnight, difficult to put down, a memorable yarn’ — ***** Reader review’A proper page turner’ — ***** Reader review’A brilliant read, I was hooked from the beginning to the end’ — ***** Reader review’I felt like I was on the high seas with them!’– ***** Reader review*************************************************************1792: the start of the French Revolutionary Wars.A shadow hangs overJohn Thomas Furyin this his first voyage as a midshipman aboardthe 32-gun frigateAmazon.The son of a violent and unstable brig commander who drove his crew to mutiny, Fury finds himself an outcast onboard and working doubly hard to prove that he isn’t cursed like his father.Redemption arrives whenAmazonreachesBombay, only to discover that ships ofthe East India Companyhave disappeared, including the Company’s warships. Somewhere in the Indian Ocean a very powerful privateer is at work and the Governor despatchesAmazonto find and destroy her.Soon afterwardsAmazonis in a desperate fight for her life against a much stronger foe. In such crucibles of fire are the officers inHis Majesty’s Serviceforged.Can Fury cover himself in glory and banish the shadows of the past are forever?Fury’s adventures continue inLieutenant Fury.