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(More customer reviews)This is the 3rd novel in the Penhaligon series. It tends to be an overlooked series dealing with the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic era. It seems to be set roughly in 1800. Captain Penhaligon was a favorite of Admiral Nelson, but Nelson has been called back to England, and the newly married Penhaligon is sent off with his frigate to convoy a small fleet of East Indiamen carrying treasure from India to England.
There are really two plots, the first being the protection of the Indiamen from French and Spanish warships, and the second being Penhaligon's tendencies to chase after women, in this case attempting to seduce a young woman who turns out to be a friend of his new wife. Similar plot material has been used by other authors, and it is hard to say who came up with the original ideas. C. Northcote Parkinson had Delancey taking a frigate to Asia where he, among other things, defended a convoy of East Indiamen. Patrick O'Brien had Captain Aubrey involved in a similar action, essentially expanding on the incident in Parkinson's novel.
There is a lot of naval action in the novel, and a lot of technical details on repairing ships at sea. The hero, Penhaligon, perhaps comes across a little too big for life, defeating one enemy ship after another. Events seem a little unlikely, but the story moves on and the action is interesting.
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