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A Brutal War
Call of the Sea (Related to this series)
- Author
- Andrew Wareham
- Narrator
- Paul Fox
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 25 August 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Call of the Sea series has received more than 16,000 five-star reviews
The Mediterranean Fleet under Lord Collingwood is at its greatest ever—more than a hundred vessels—and is far too small for the tasks demanded of it.
The French have invaded Spain, their former ally, and are ravaging the land in a fashion unseen since the Thirty Years War in the Germanies. The Barbary Corsairs are resurgent, slaving and raiding across the whole Sea. The Two Sicilies, an ally, has collapsed into corrupt desuetude. Turkey is rumbling in the East, and there is a renewed Russian interest in the old aim of achieving access to warm waters from the Black Sea.
Nick Turnhouse in Hawke is being used as a fireman—sent to put out conflagrations as they appear, to perform particular tasks, to respond to needs as they arise. Initially, he is to respond to the pirates of the western shores of Africa with a demonstration of force that will hopefully frighten them into avoiding British interests in the Mediterranean . . .
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Details
- Author
- Andrew Wareham
- Narrator
- Paul Fox
- Duration
- 8 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9798318516061
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Sea stories
Synopsis
The Call of the Sea series has received more than 16,000 five-star reviewsThe Mediterranean Fleet under Lord Collingwood is at its greatest ever—more than a hundred vessels—and is far too small for the tasks demanded of it.The French have invaded Spain, their former ally, and are ravaging the land in a fashion unseen since the Thirty Years War in the Germanies. The Barbary Corsairs are resurgent, slaving and raiding across the whole Sea. The Two Sicilies, an ally, has collapsed into corrupt desuetude. Turkey is rumbling in the East, and there is a renewed Russian interest in the old aim of achieving access to warm waters from the Black Sea.Nick Turnhouse in Hawke is being used as a fireman—sent to put out conflagrations as they appear, to perform particular tasks, to respond to needs as they arise. Initially, he is to respond to the pirates of the western shores of Africa with a demonstration of force that will hopefully frighten them into avoiding British interests in the Mediterranean . . .
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