The Spoils of Conquest

by Seth Hunter

Overview

The Mouth of the Nile, August 9, 1798: Admiral Nelson has sent Captain Nathan Peake on a desperate journey across the Middle East to convey a grim warning to British India. Bonaparte's army is poised to deliver a fatal blow to the source of Britain's wealth and power by marching overland to India. Arriving in Bombay, Nathan takes command of the East India Company's naval wing—the Bombay Marine—an under-armed and poorly crewed flotilla of sloops and gunboats. With these meager resources, he must stop the flow of French supplies to their Indian ally and protect the Company's trade from the pirates and privateers swarming in the Bay of Bengal. But when Nathan discovers the truth behind the East India Company's honorable facade, he confronts some tough personal choices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590137215
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Series:	The Nathan Peake Novels , #6
Pages:	394
Sales rank:	315,002
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Seth Hunter is the pseudonym of London-based Paul Bryers, the author of the highly acclaimed Nathan Peake Novels, a series of naval adventures set against the canvas of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Bryers won an English arts council award for Best First Novel for his political thriller Hollow Target, and his next thriller, In A Pig's Ear, was named as one of the Guardian's best six novels of the year. He has written and directed many historical dramas for television, radio, and the theatre. You can connect with him through his website, www.sethhunterbooks.com.

Editorial Reviews

Imaginative, knowledgeable, fast-moving. .. full of twists and turns.

Naval Review

Really engaging. Seth Hunter has a more natural storyteller's eye than Patrick O'Brian. .. well wrought and deftly told.

Daily Telegraph

Will exceed expectations of lovers of historical fiction. Anyone who appreciates excellent prose, witty anecdotes, complex action, intertwining plots, and all-round great writing will anxiously await the next installment.

Foreword Reviews

This book has it all. .. will be welcomed by lovers of historical naval fiction.

Daily Mail (UK)

The action is handled with complete assurance and all matters nautical carry the requisite salty whiff of authenticity.. .. Hunter keeps the plot continually on the boil.

Yorkshire Evening Post

What fabulous books. We see so many times on the Facebook groups, “What do I read after O’Brian?” Well, here you go: Seth Hunter and the Nathan Peake series. Outstanding.

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A highly compelling read.

Historical Novels Review Online

"A more natural storyteller’s eye than Patrick O’Brian . . . well wrought and deftly told." —Sunday Telegraph


"This book has it all . . . will be welcomed by lovers of historical naval fiction." —Daily Mail 


"The action is handled with complete assurance and all matters nautical carry the requisite salty whiff of authenticity . . . Hunter keeps the plot continually on the boil." —Yorkshire Evening Post


"I’m already looking forward to the next instalment. A highly compelling read." —Historical Novels Review


 "A compelling read, imaginative, knowledgeable, fast-moving . . . full of twists and turns." —Naval Review


"Will exceed expectations of lovers of historical fiction. Anyone who appreciates excellent prose, witty anecdotes, complex action, intertwining plots, and all-round great writing will anxiously await the next installment." —Foreword Reviews


"Hunter delivers another slick nautical adventure in the Patrick O'Brian tradition . . . The rousing naval battles, twisty plot, and muscular prose lift Hunter's nautical yarn a few notches above the competition." —Publishers Weekly

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