The Spoils of Conquest

The Mouth of the Nile, 9th August, 1798: Admiral Nelson has sent Captain Nathan Peake on a desperate journey across the Middle East to convey a grim warning to British India. Bonaparte's army is poised to deliver a fatal blow to the source of Britain's wealth and power by marching overland to India. Arriving in Bombay, Nathan takes command of the East India Company's naval wing - the Bombay Marine - an under-armed and poorly crewed flotilla of sloops and gunboats. With these meager resources he must stop the flow of French supplies to their Indian ally and protect the Company's trade from the pirates and privateers swarming in the Bay of Bengal. But when Nathan discovers the truth behind the East India Company's honourable facade he confronts some tough personal choices.

Author: Seth Hunter
Publisher: McBooks Press
Published: 01/01/2017
Pages: 394
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781590137215
ISBN10: 1590137213
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Sea Stories
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Action & Adventure

About the Author
Seth Hunter is the pseudonym of Paul Bryers, the author of a number of highly acclaimed novels for adults and children. In a Pig's Ear was named as one of the Guardian's six best novels of the year. He has written and directed many historical dramas for British television, radio, and the theatre.