- Title:
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The Falmouth Frigate: An Isaac Biddlecomb Novel (MP3)
- Series:
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Revolution at Sea #6
- Written by:
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James Nelson
- Read by:
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John Hopkins
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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11 hours 38 minutes
- MP3 size:
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504 MB
- Published:
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March 28 2024
- Available Date:
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March 28 2024
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038668868
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction; War Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Bestselling author
Award winning author
Winner Boyd Literary Award / Military Fiction 2004
Winner Samuel Eliot Morison Award / Naval Literature 2009
The sixth instalment in the Revolution at Sea series from award-winning, bestselling author James Nelson.
The year 1777 is bleak indeed for the cause of American Independence, with the British army twice defeating Washington and taking the capital city of Philadelphia and the Royal Navy sweeping aside the defenses of the Delaware Bay.
For Captain Isaac Biddlecomb and the men of the half-built frigate Falmouth, things are direr still. After managing to slip through a British blockade, they find themselves trapped in a desolate harbour on the New Jersey coast and menaced not by the British but by the outlaw bands that terrorise the countryside and see Falmouth as a potentially valuable prize.
Deserter Angus McGinty steals Biddlecomb's most potent weapon, the captured British sloop Sparrowhawk, leaving him to face the ruthless Pine Robbers on his own, with only his diminished crew and the near-useless local militia to help.
Meanwhile, Virginia Biddlecomb, trapped in occupied Philadelphia, sees her chance to play a clandestine role in the fight. In the course of her activities, however, she lets slip information that will put her husband, his ship and his crew in mortal danger, leading to a desperate race to get the unwieldy Falmouth to a place beyond the reach of the Royal Navy.
'Nelson proves again to be an able novelist who handles deftly the conventions of the O'Brien-dominated maritime genre and writes characters who burst out of their stereotypes.' (on The Continental Risque)
Publishers Weekly
'Historically accurate and imaginatively depicted, Captain Biddlecomb proves a worthy shipmate.' (on Lords of the Ocean)
Historical Novel Society