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CHAPTER 1 - OF 24 The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story. Perhaps it was of a scorned love, a secret prison conviction, or a pregnant wife left on shore weeping. Perhaps it was a hunger for fame and fortune, or a dread of death. David Cheap, the first lieutenant of the Centurion, the squadron's flagship, was no different. A burly Scotsman in his early forties with a protracted nose and intense eyes, he was in flight—from squabbles with his brother over their inheritance, from creditors chasing him, from debts that made it impossible for him to find a suitable bride. Onshore, Cheap seemed doomed, unable to navigate past life's unexpected shoals. Yet as he perched on the quarterdeck of a British man-of-war, cruising the vast oceans with a cocked hat and spyglass, he brimmed with confidence—even, some would say, a touch of haughtiness. The wooden world of a ship—a world bound by the Navy's rigid regulations and the laws of the sea, and, most of all, by the hardened fellowship of men—had provided him a refuge. Suddenly he felt aSee more images

Kobo - Clara BW eReader with Bundle - 2024 - Misty Green SleepCover

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