Seahawk Burning - Rilegato

Peffer, Randall

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1440533164 ISBN 13: 9781440533167

Casa editrice: Tyrus Books, 2012

Riassunto

A Novel of the Civil War at Sea

This final volume in the Raphael Semmes trilogy of Civil War naval thrillers, Seahawk Burning, follows the real-life adventures of Confederate Captain Raphael Semmes and his ship, the C.S.S. Alabama, on the final legs of their reign of terror on the high seas. The novel chronicles Semmes's rise to mythic stature as he becomes Lincoln's public enemy number one, seizing and burning scores of Yankee ships in the Caribbean Sea, the south Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea before heading to France for sanctuary...all the while dodging scores of federal Navy ships pursuing him.

Enemy vessels, spy games, mutinies, storms, and loneliness stock Semmes's cruise during 1863-64. Meanwhile, back in the Lincoln White House, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles tries to marshal his warships to catch Semmes and simultaneously protect his president from spies and assassins, one of whom is Semmes's mistress.

In addition to the main characters, the cast of Seahawk Burning includes historical figures from the governments and navies of the North and South as well as the Black Moses Harriet Tubman, John Wilkes Booth, and his fellow conspirators.

All of the threads in this saga come together in a final showdown off Cherbourg, France, when Semmes decides to take the Alabama into battle against the U.S.S. Kearsarge, captained by his old friend John A. Winslow. It is one of the greatest naval battles in history.

Su questo libro

Recensione

"The gripping final volume of Peffer's Civil War at Sea trilogy (after 2010's Seahawk Hunting) follows three entwined stories. Peffer's heady mix of history and fiction brings to life a neglected segment of the Civil War."
--Publishers Weekly, February 2012

Product Description

Book by Peffer Randall

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Tyrus Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1440533164
• ISBN 13: 9781440533167
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 319
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Indigo Musikproduktion + Vertrieb GmbH; https://www.indigo.de; ; Schlachthofstr. 36a; Hamburg; 21079; Germania