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|  | | A Continuing War: At Home and at Sea, 1803-1804
An historical, age-of sale tale where the hero's adventures as a frigate captain are told in sync with his new wife's adventures on his estate.
Captain Sir Richard Giles is now married to the former Daphne Moorhouse, but the demands of war take him to sea almost at once. His frigate is engaged in harassing French preparations for invasion, dealing with privateers, contending with the influence system in naval establishments and being peripherally engaged in espionage activities. Meanwhile Daphne is fully occupied managing her husband's and father's estates and taking her new role as the wife of a major member of the landed gentry and as the doyenne of a great house. Fox hunting becomes a major preoccupation for Daphne while concerns a | |  | | A New War: At Land and at Sea, 1803
Captain Giles has purchased an estate during the peace of Amiens, but is required to return to sea before he can occupy it. Life there goes on while he successfully fights the French.
Captain Sir Richard Giles has used the peace of Amiens to find and purchase a rural estate at Dipton It will provide living quarters for his relatives and an opportunity to pursue his interest in agricultural processes and improvements, a task where he may find assistance from the daughter of his immediate neighbor. She seems to be more interested in estate management and improvement than in the more usual pursuits of young ladies.
A French frigate of possibly new design has been using the period of peace to take British frigates and merchant ships illegally and spirit the captures to some |
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Operation Oboe
by Miller Caldwell
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 A delightfully rare Historical Novel. 85% a biography of a spy, musician, mother and her neice trapped behind German lines in World War I. This background led to a diplomatic post in World War II. Aged 92, Vera disclosed her past life one year before |
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