In this first in a series of historical naval mysteries, Bartholomew Hoare, an officer in His Majesty's Royal Navy during the reign of George III, comes to the rescue of a lady being attacked by two ruffians. The next day, one of the attackers turns up dead under suspicious circumstances.
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In this first in a series of historical naval mysteries, Bartholomew Hoare, an officer in His Majesty's Royal Navy during the reign of George III, comes to the rescue of a lady being attacked by two ruffians. The next day, one of the attackers turns up dead under suspicious circumstances.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good. A new entry in the historical mystery genre-with a slightly different tack. The time is the early 1800s, the place the English coastal towns of Weymouth and Portsmouth. Lieutenant Bartholomew Hoare of the Royal Navy lives in Portsmouth, though he's not been on active duty since a musket ball crushed his larynx, leaving him unable to speak above a whisper. He now works under Portsmouth's Port Admiral Sir George Hardcastle but longs for sea duty and is only slightly comforted by sailing his eccentric little yacht. His rescue one day of spunky Eleanor Graves from a pair of thugs introduces him to the woman's wheelchair-bound doctor husband and to their friend, Canadian quarry owner Edward Morrow. Soon after, Hoare is called on to investigate the murder of Captain Adam Hay of the navy ship Vantage.217pp.
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Fine in fine jacket. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Bump at heel of spine, else a fine tight copy in a fine unflawed dust jacket which is now protected in mylar.