The Maddest Idea: An Isaac Biddlecomb Novel

In the late summer of 1775, General George Washington discovers that his cache of gunpowder has dwindled to a mere nine shots per man. A desperate plan is hatched--to send a ship under the command of Captain Isaac Biddlecomb to Bermuda to capture the British powder known to be there. But the plan is a trap, set by a traitor among the patriots, and one from which even Biddlecomb cannot escape. Washington dispatches his aide-de-camp, Major Edward Fitzgerald, to hunt the traitor down, while Biddlecomb must rely on cunning and seamanship to free his men and the ship, and to capture the gunpowder that is the lifeblood of the fight for liberty. Divided by an ocean but bound by the cause, as well as by their own private fears, Biddlecomb and Fitzgerald must take on a common enemy--the greatest military power on earth. This is a powerful saga of the American Revolution--a stirring maritime adventure in the epic, true-to-life tradition of Patrick O'Brian.

Author: James L. Nelson
Publisher: McBooks Press
Published: 11/01/2021
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.91w x 1.26d
ISBN13: 9781493056538
ISBN10: 1493056530
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Sea Stories

About the Author
James L. Nelson is an award-winning author residing in coastal Maine, with his wife Lisa. A veteran tall ships sailor, he and Lisa met while crewing aboard a replica of Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hinde. Nelson has written 22 novels and five maritime histories.