The First Book in the Sir Sidney Smith Nautical Adventure Series How do you keep a prince alive when the combined forces of three nations (and a smattering of privateers) want him dead? Worse, how do you do it when his life is in the hands of a 17 year old lieutenant, an alcoholic college professor, and a woman who has fired more naval guns than either of them? From the Battle of the Capes, which sealed the fate of Yorktown; to the Battle of the Saints, which shaped the fate of the Caribbean, The Midshipman Prince will take you on a wild ride through 18th Century nautical history. The Sir...
The First Book in the Sir Sidney Smith Nautical Adventure Series How do you keep a prince alive when the combined forces of three nations (and a sm...
The Second Book in the Sir Sidney Smith Nautical Adventure Series Sidney Smith, now "Sir Sidney," is reunited with his friends, Lucas Walker and Susan Whitney. After surviving the horrors of the destruction of Toulon, Sir Sidney is given a critical assignment. British gold shipments are going missing. Even worse, the ships are literally disappearing in plain sight of their escorts and the vessels around them. The mystery must be solved if Britain is going to maintain its lines of credit and continue to finance the war. But to do that Sir Sidney must unravel a web of intrigue that leads all...
The Second Book in the Sir Sidney Smith Nautical Adventure Series Sidney Smith, now "Sir Sidney," is reunited with his friends, Lucas Walker and Susan...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go back in time? Have you ever wanted to ask an expert what it would be like to walk the streets of ancient Athens or Rome, or serve on one of Nelson's ships? Now you can via the Now That You Asked... series of books from Fireship Press. Now That You Asked: Nelson's Navy starts with a tour of a 74-gun ship-of-the-line; and details what life was like for her officers and men. How did they live? What were their duties? What were their rewards and their punishments? How did they eat, sleep, drink, have fun, and express their sorrow? Almost 100...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go back in time? Have you ever wanted to ask an expert what it would be like to walk the streets of an...
It s 1798 and Sir Sidney Smith is languishing in The Temple, France s maximum security prison. For the past two years he had been running the Agence de Paris Britain s primary spy ring in France from his cell. But the authorities are starting to close in. It s time for Sir Sidney to leave; but, to do so, he must stage one of the most spectacular prison breaks in history.
Arriving back in England, Sir Sidney is welcomed as a national hero; but he is far from comfortable in that role. It is with relief, therefore, that he receives a set of orders sending him to Portsmouth for further duty....
It s 1798 and Sir Sidney Smith is languishing in The Temple, France s maximum security prison. For the past two years he had been running the Agence d...