The Fox And The Fury (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

'Pacy and exciting, fans of Forester and O'Brian will love this' - BOOKLIST The bloody rebellion in Britain's American colonies had become a full-scale war. For ex-British naval officer Patrick Dalton, accused of treason against the crown and now a fugitive on the run, the future was bleak - until he and his band of eight adventurers found a derelict vessel on Chesapeake Bay and made a deal to smuggle a cannon to the Carolinas. But Colonial privateers, Spanish pirates and the British White Fleet stood between Dalton's poorly armed ketch and her destination. He needed a fighting ship, like the FURY. But first he must steal it from the pirates who commanded her...