... This is C. S. Forester at his best in a magnificent novel about great naval battles on which depend the future of whole nations. Here is action the crack of canvas... the boom of cannon... the salt spume flying... the cries of dying men... the acrid smell of gunpowder.
The British Navy is blockading the coasts of the new republic of the United States of America. Through the blockade, breaking the line, comes an American ship, her brave new flag defying the mighty ships deployed ageinst her. It is the DELAWARE, manned by desperate men, attacking like a lion, seeking the destruction of a valuable convoy, challenging three British men o' war, defying them all.
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