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Killigrew meets his match as the Crimean War hots up
The Baltic, 1854: Navies, like armies, have camp followers, and the British fleet that sails to the Baltic on the eve of the Crimean War is no exception. Along with the floating grog shop and brothels come war tourists aristocratic gentlemen travelling to see the war first-hand.
When Viscount Bullivant is taken prisoner by the Russians, it falls to Commander Kit Killigrew to negotiate his release. But the Russians suspect his lordship has vital information and before long Killigrew is a prisoner of the Third Section the feared Tsarist secret police.
In the ensuing forty-eight hours, Killigrew must escape, rescue Bullivant, steal back his yacht, sail through the treacherous Ekens Archipelago and take on a Russian ship with an unarmed schooner. And in Captain-Lieutenant Count Mikhail Yurievich Pechorin, he may finally have met his matchPraise for the Killigrew Novels
Leaves the reader breathless for his next voyage Northern Echo
Action-packed and well-researched in the vein of Forester and OBrian but with its own distinctive flavour Good Book Guide
A rollicking tale with plenty of punches Lancashire Evening Post
A hero to rival any Horatio Hornblower. Swashbuckling? You bet Belfast TelegraphThe Kit Killigrew Naval Series Killigrew of the Royal Navy Killigrew and the Golden Dragon Killigrew and the Incorrigibles Killigrew and the North-West Passage Killigrews Run Killigrew and the Sea Devil