The Price of Glory
A compelling high seas adventure set in the lead up to the Napoleonic wars
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- $12.99
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Publisher Description
1795: Young warriors Nelson and Napoleon learn the art of war and the cost of fame . . .
The third novel in this epic, thrilling series of war and villainy on the high seas, featuring Captain Nathan Peake. Seth Hunter's brilliant series will enthral fans of Dudley Pope and Patrick O'Brian.
'Another slick nautical adventure in the Patrick O'Brian tradition . . . rousing naval battles, twisty plot, and muscular prose' Publishers Weekly on THE TIDE OF WAR
Nathan Peake charts a perilous course through the treacherous seas off Brittany and into the even more dangerous waters of post-Revolutionary Paris. There he encounters two of the most beautiful and scandalous courtesans in history - and their little toy soldier, laughingly dubbed Captain Cannon, who is about to win enduring fame as Napoleon Bonaparte.
Returned to the command of the frigate Unicorn, Nathan is sent to join another young glory-seeker, Captain Horatio Nelson, in a bid to wreck Bonaparte's plans for the invasion of Italy. But Nathan has his own private agenda - to find his lost love amid the chaos of war - and as the fighting spreads from the mountains to the sea, he discovers that glory comes at a higher price than all the gold in the vaults of Genoa.
What readers are saying about THE PRICE OF GLORY:
'Seth Hunter is a natural storyteller and a master of description, whether it be wild seas, ship to ship battles, dangerous political intrigue or the natural beauty of the countryside when Nathan Peake is ashore. Totally absorbing'
'A really fantastic read and immaculately researched'
'[Seth Hunter's] is a natural storyteller and his prose is beautifully elegant. There's wit, adventure, big seas, monumental battles, and even a moving love story. A delight'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Continuing his salty soap opera of Royal Navy Capt. Nathan Peake, Hunter sets his third book in the series (after The Tide of War) during the French Revolution. Peake, a character in the mold of Captains Hornblower, Aubrey, and Ramage men of honor, audacity, and ingenuity participates in a failed royalist uprising in France, risking his ship and crew and receiving the unwelcome attention of the Admiralty, who as punishment send him to Paris to resume his previous job: undercover work. This time he must spy on his old enemy, the amoral double agent Gilbert Imlay. Peake becomes involved with a pair of France's most notorious courtesans, meets a bitter Corsican named Buonaparte, hopes to find his former lover, once condemned to the guillotine, and deals with a murderous secret policeman out for his blood. Sea battles, duels, gold treasure, and rumors of the Holy Grail stack the decks of this lively swashbuckler with suspense, action, intrigue, and colorful historical detail, but the miraculous escapes, coincidences, and characters from previous books give it the feel of a never-ending serial. Though Peake is a likable rogue, he lacks the intellect of Hornblower, the insight of Aubrey, and the audacity of Ramage.
