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The First Lieutenant
Call of the Sea (Related to this series)
- Author
- Andrew Wareham
- Narrator
- Paul Fox
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 11 February 2025
- Run Time
- 10 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
His pursuit of promotion and prize-money is almost diverted when Arabella Whitefield, the squire's daughter and now the voluptuous wife of a major, appears in English Harbor and fondly recalls their early romance. Nick manages this affair of the heart adroitly, narrowly avoiding jeopardizing his next promotion. Rising to Master and Commander, he will henceforth earn two-eighths of every prize he takes in his own sloop.
Taking to the sea again, and hoping to bring his wardroom with him, he becomes aware of the increasing unrest of the lower deck hands, whose pay has not risen in more than one hundred and twenty years and who live in miserable poverty. A serious situation that must be addressed, somehow.
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- Author
- Andrew Wareham
- Narrator
- Paul Fox
- Duration
- 10 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9798331907648
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- War, combat and military adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, First World War fiction
Synopsis
Nick Turnhouse continues his helter-skelter advance from Dorset farmhand to naval officer, relying on his sword arm and quick intelligence to achieve success. As he progresses, he is increasingly conscious of all he does not know, and how much he must rely on his subordinates to provide their knowledge of the sea. He also keenly appreciates how much he needs the aid and advice of Captain Woodmore, who has done so much to help him rise in the world.His pursuit of promotion and prize-money is almost diverted when Arabella Whitefield, the squire's daughter and now the voluptuous wife of a major, appears in English Harbor and fondly recalls their early romance. Nick manages this affair of the heart adroitly, narrowly avoiding jeopardizing his next promotion. Rising to Master and Commander, he will henceforth earn two-eighths of every prize he takes in his own sloop.Taking to the sea again, and hoping to bring his wardroom with him, he becomes aware of the increasing unrest of the lower deck hands, whose pay has not risen in more than one hundred and twenty years and who live in miserable poverty. A serious situation that must be addressed, somehow.
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