Continental Risque

<p><b><i>An enthralling and swashbuckling naval adventure from bestselling author James Nelson you won''t be able to put down. Perfect for fans of Patrick O''Brian and C.S. Forester. </i></b><br><b><br>"First-rate action writing" - <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><b>"Authenticity runs throughout the books, carrying total conviction" - Patrick O''Brian</b><br><b>"Fast paced and the plot has lots of twists..." - ***** Reader review</b><br><b>"Going to buy all his nautical books in time!! Love these!" - ***** Reader review</b><br><br><b>****************************************</b><br><b><br>IN THE FACE OF BETRAYAL, HE MUST UNITE HIS MEN TO FIGHT AGAINST TYRANNY...</b><br><b><br>1776</b>: A decade of simmering tensions is finally coming to the boil. Determined to cast off the chains of <b>British tyranny</b>, the rebel government of Philadelphia has authorised the creation of the <b>United States Navy</b> - a brazen act of American aggression against the greatest maritime power in the world.<br><br><b>Captain Isaac Biddlecomb</b> sets sail in the <b><i>Charlemagne</i></b> on a daring mission to raid the British store of arms on New Providence Island in the Bahamas. Yet his greatest enemy is an undisciplined crew on the brink of mutiny.<br><br><b>Beset by betrayal and treachery, Biddlecomb must find a way of uniting his men against a cruel and common foe</b>... as the British Navy prepares to sink the <i>Charlemagne</i> under the merciless blasts of its guns.<br><br><b><i>The Continental Risque </i></b><b>is the third novel in James Nelson''s<i> Revolution at Sea </i>series. Biddlecomb''s story continues in <i>Lords of the Ocean. </i>Have you read <i>By Force of Arms</i> and <i>The Maddest Idea</i>, his first two adventures?</b></p>