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The fifth volume in The Privateersman Mysteries 1795: The discovery of an abandoned Spanish merchant ship off the coast of America plunges the Ludlows into a far-reaching conspiracy fueled by jealousy, ambition, and nationalistic fervor. The Bucephalas lies trapped under the gaping muzzles of the forty-two-pounder Spanish guns of the New Orleans harbor fort. It quickly becomes clear that the corridors of the governor's residence are just as busy with treachery, double-dealing, and murder as the back alleys of the sweltering city outside. Harry Ludlow must win freedom for his ship in a deadly game played out in the dark woods of the American hinterland.

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""A must for armchair mariners. . . . It's superb stuff.""-- ""Manchester Evening News"" ""Donachie has made Ludlow the most compulsively readable amateur detective since Dick Francis' latest ex-jockey.""-- ""Cambridge Evening News"" ""High adventure and detection cunningly spliced.""-- ""Times of London Literary Review"" (Praise for David Donachie's other books) ""Exciting and unpredictable.""-- ""The Bookbag""

(Praise for David Donachie's other books) ""Exciting and unpredictable."" -- ""The Bookbag"" ""A must for armchair mariners. . . . It's superb stuff."" -- ""Manchester Evening News"" ""Donachie has made Ludlow the most compulsively readable amateur detective since Dick Francis' latest ex-jockey."" -- ""Cambridge Evening News"" ""High adventure and detection cunningly spliced."" -- ""Times of London Literary Review""

“High adventure and detection cunningly spliced.” * Times of London Literary Review * “Donachie has made Ludlow the most compulsively readable amateur detective since Dick Francis' latest ex-jockey."" * Cambridge Evening News * “A must for armchair mariners. . . . It's superb stuff.” * Manchester Evening News * (Praise for David Donachie's other books) “Pure adventure with excitement and daring all the way . . . historical fiction at its very best.” * Historical Novels Review Online * (Praise for David Donachie's other books) “High-speed epic from an ace storyteller.” * Daily Sport * (Praise for David Donachie's other books) “Exciting and unpredictable.” * The Bookbag *

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David Donachie (1944–2023) was born in Edinburgh. He always had an abiding interest in military history, including ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the British navy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the clandestine services during the Second World War. He had more than fifty published novels to his credit, with over a million combined sales. David lived in Deal, the historic English seaport on the border of the English Channel and the North Sea.

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