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A Hard, Cruel Shore
First published 2016
At the beginning of 1809, Alan Lewrie and HMS Sapphire help evacuate the battered survivors of Sir John Moore’s army from Corunna. Lightning and a broken mainmast then threaten to end the ship’s usefulness just as the navy needs experienced commanders on the Spanish coast.
Lewrie receives a commodore’s command over a small squadron ordered to attack French supply convoys along Galicia’s Costa da Morte. Operating from Lisbon, he must fight the enemy while surviving a coast whose storms, rocks and poor harbours are as dangerous as any French warship.
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