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The French admiral

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    Running Time: 15:20 hrs
    Narrator: John Lee
    Publisher:
    Books on Tape, 2011
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Lambdin, Dewey
    Contributor: Ingram Digital (Firm); Lee, John
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
    ,
    Copyrighted
    2001
    Summary:

    It is 1781 and the British-held American port of Yorktown on the Chesapeake Bay is under siege. Pounded by the American colonists on land and the deadly warships of their French allies at sea, the once proud city is in flames and near ruin. But on the horizon, the King's own fleet of heavily armed frigates heads full sail to blast through France's blockade. Aboard His Majesty's swift flagship DESPERATE, midshipman Alan Lewrie quickly sets his gunners to their lethal work, firing rapid broadsides of twenty-four pound shot at the enemy vessels. Cannon fire lights up the death-filled night as the fate of the King's Colonies hangs on the bravery of one young midshipman leading his ships into the fiery jaws of battle.

    Genre:
    Historical fiction, Sea fiction, War fiction
    Subject(s): Lewrie, Alan (Fictitious character) | American Revolution (1775-1783) | Great Britain | Midshipmen | Siege of Yorktown (Virginia : 1781) | United States | Virginia--Yorktown
    Original Publisher: Newport Beach, CA, [Prince Frederick, Md.], Books on Tape, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780307738813, 0307738817