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ISBN
9781635549430
Genre
Algemeen
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13-09-2017
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W & B Publishers
Auteur(s)
David O'Neil
Glory
David O'Neil
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Jonathon
Hope,
a
galley
slave
on
a
Spanish
ship,
saw
the
opportunity
to
escape
while
unloading
cargo
in
Ajaccio.
With
fellow
slave
Midshipman
Andrew
Fox-Gilbert,
he
leads
the
escape
from
their
captors.
Followed
by
the
entire
group
of
slaves
they
break
for
freedom. Recovering
a
captured
English
Cutter,
in
Ajaccio
harbour,
they
sail
to
Gibraltar,
Taking
a
damaged
galley
as
a
prize
on
the
way.
An
encounter
with
a
female
agent,
leads
to
further
contacts
in
association
with
intelligence
agents
through
Glory’s
career. Thus
begins
the
saga
of
HMS
Gloire
(Glory-
a
captured
French
Corvette)
the
story
of
Jonathon
Hope
and
his
rise
to
command
Glory
in
action
from
the
Baltic,
to
the
Caribbean
and
the
American
continent.
His
crew
composed
mainly
of
the
freed
galley
slaves
he
led
in
the
escape.
The
story
of
Glory
highlights
sea
warfare
in
the
era
from
1750
to 1800
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