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The French ship came surging around, turning up into the wind and losing all her way, but bringing every canon to bear.
‘For what we are about to receive...’ muttered a marine stood nearby.
The Turn of the Tide – Book 6 in the #alexanderclay series – coming soon
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The horses became almost silent, and yet, the echo of their hooves continued to sound in the night. The lead rider pulled up his mount to listen.
‘Merde!’ he cursed. ‘Gendarmes! We must fly, major.'
The Turn of the Tide – Book 6 of the #AlexanderClay series – coming soon
Meet the Cannoniere is this week’s blog - the French frigate that fought a Royal Navy 74, and lived to tell the tale.
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Third rate in Plymouth Sound, one of the most important anchorages for the navy in the age of sail because of its location to windward of most of the British coast
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“Approaching the Coast, Red Star Packetship 'Birmingham'” by US artist Christopher Blossom
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Ship “Twilight” by US artist Frank Vining Smith (1879-1967)
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Rochester from Strood, by 19th century artist George Thornley. The two building you can see are the castle and nearby cathedral.
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'Thirty days out', the clipper Dawpool, by English Marine Artist Henry Scott
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