- Fiction, History, Naval, Naval History, Sea stories
In 1772 a sixteen-year-old midshipman joins the crew of the "Gorgon" whose mission is to investigate the slave trade on Africa's west coast.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Douglas Reeman, Michael Jayston
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 181
- Publisher
- Noray, Arrow Books Ltd, Arrow Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780099863502
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