Acting for the Admiralty's Secret Department, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater advertises his cargo of Russian military stores, thus embarking on a scheme to flout Napoleon's Continental System and antagonize the French Emperor's new ally, Czar Alexander. "Packed with exciting incident worthy of wide appeal to those who love thrilling nautical encounters and the sea." -- Nautical Magazine "Much of the enjoyment of Under False Colours is the fact that Woodman writes with such authority. His mariner's lingo is flawless, and ...
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Acting for the Admiralty's Secret Department, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater advertises his cargo of Russian military stores, thus embarking on a scheme to flout Napoleon's Continental System and antagonize the French Emperor's new ally, Czar Alexander. "Packed with exciting incident worthy of wide appeal to those who love thrilling nautical encounters and the sea." -- Nautical Magazine "Much of the enjoyment of Under False Colours is the fact that Woodman writes with such authority. His mariner's lingo is flawless, and at times, the reader is befuddled with his sheer virtuosity in the area. But the action fills in the terms that the reader may be unaware of, and there is no doubt that Nathaniel Drinkwater rates up there with the best of the nautical world." -- Midwest Book Review
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Fair. A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Dust jacket may be missing. Pages can include considerable highlighting markings writing but cannot obscure the text. May be an Ex-lib. copy and have standard library stamps and or stickers. May NOT include discs or access code or other supplemental material. We ship Monday-Saturday and respond to inquiries within 24 hours.
