All the Brave Fellows (Revolution at Sea Saga #5) - Historical Naval Fiction Novel | Epic Sea Battles & Adventure | Perfect for History Buffs & Book Clubs
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James L. Nelson, "the American counterpart to L. Patrick O'Brian" (David Brink), writes breathtaking descriptions of the age when saliors became warriors and warriors became legends. Now his acclaimed Revolution at Sea Saga continues as General George Washington fights a loosing battle to keep Philidelpia from the hands of the British. ALL THE BRAVE FELLOWS It is 1777, the Year of the Hangman, and Captain Isaac Biddlecomb is bound for Philidelphia with his wife and child in the Continental brig of the Charlemagne. His orders are to take command of the newly built 20-gun frigate Salmouth and get her out to sea before she is taken by General Richard Howe's invading army. Unbeknownst tp Biddlecomb, the entire British fleet stands between him and the new nation's capital. Forced to run his beloved Charelmagne aground, Biddlecomb comes face-to-face with his mortal enemy, Lt. John Smeaton. Meanwhile, General Washington has yielded Philidelphia to Britain's might. As Biddlecomb and his crew battle to reach the prized Falmouth, only shipwright Malachi Foote and a ragtag band of deserters from the Continental Army stand between the vessel and the seemingly unstoppable British Army.
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In the fifth book of what started as a trilogy and has turned into a saga, Isaac Biddlecomb has been given the captaincy of the United States frigate Falmouth. His ship is being built on the Delaware River below Philidelphia. What he doesn't know is that the British have taken Philidelphia and stand between him and his unfinished ship. The ship itself has been spirited away to a safe location by the shipwright who designed it and an unlikely band of deserters. As the story starts he is enroute to his new command on the brig Charlemagne, sailing with a small convoy when a British naval ship is encountered. Thinking that the British ship is no match for them, they attack. His convoy suddenly turns turtle and the battle goes against them, which leaves them beaching the brig, fighting off the British who are sent to take them prisoner and setting off over land to find a way to the Falmouth.In the initial encounter and old enemy returns, Lt. Smeaton from the Icarus, who has lost his career in His Majesty's Navy thanks to Biddlecomb and who will die a happy man if he can kill him. Smeaton is bested in the first encounter, but the two shall meet again. (and again)The story turns between the efforts to save the Falmouth and Biddlecomb's need to find it and assume command, all of which come to a cresendo at the end of the book. The pace of action and intrigue have not slipped in this fifth book and there is much of the Revolution at Sea to come, one thinks. That is good news indeed.
