Born to an English father and a French mother, lieutenant Charles Saunders Hayden's career is damned by his ?mixed? heritage. Assigned to the HMS Themis , an aging frigate under the command of a captain reviled by his crew for both his brutality towards his men and his cowardice in battle, Hayden is torn between honor and duty, as the British navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle for power.
De Avonturen van Charles Hayden Reeks
Deze serie dompelt lezers onder in de turbulente wereld van zeeoorlogsvoering en politieke intriges aan het einde van de 18e eeuw. Volg de reis van een jonge marineofficier die navigeert door een verraderlijk landschap van plicht, eer en loyaliteit te midden van escalerende internationale conflicten. Elke aflevering levert spannende avonturen op waarbij moed en snelle beslissingen van cruciaal belang zijn voor overleving in een brute maritieme omgeving. Maak je klaar voor een saga vol verraad, moed en heldhaftige daden op de open zee.
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A Battle Won
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'Fire as she bears. Rake her, lads.' Winter, 1793. Newly promoted Master and Commander Charles Hayden's orders are to deliver the frigate HMS Themis to Lord Admiral Hood, whose fleet is sheltering in the Mediterranean. Only hours out of port, however, and the Themis is engaging with the French navy.
Captain Charles Hayden has orders to destroy a French frigate sailing from Le Havre and to gather intelligence from a royalist spy. On discovering French plans for an imminent attack on British soil, Hayden must return to Portsmouth to give warning before it is too late. But the enemy have been lying in wait for him, and so begins a dangerous chase out into the Atlantic and into the midst of a French squadron.