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Author:
Nelson, James L., author.
Title:
The French prize : a novel / James L. Nelson.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Ship captains--Fiction.
Merchant ships--Fiction.
United States--History, Naval--18th century--Fiction.
Sea stories.
Historical fiction.
Sea stories.
Historical fiction.
Summary:
"Jack Biddlecomb, son of Isaac Biddlecomb, the protagonist of James L. Nelson's ... Revolution at Sea Saga, finds himself taking command of the merchant vessel Abigail bound for Barbados. With the French making prizes of American merchant ships, the Abigail's owner has outfitted the ship with guns and instructed Jack to fight if need be to keep his ship out of French hands. What Jack does not know--though his passengers do-- is that he is being used as part of a bigger plot, one that will have repercussions on an international scale"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1250046610
9781250046611
OCLC:
(OCoLC)907391474
LCCN:
2015013909
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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