Shores of gold curse

Author of The Journals of Matthew Quinton a series of naval historical fiction set in the Restoration period and of non fiction books including Pepyss Navy and Blood of Kings Currently living in Bedfordshire UK but originally from Llanelli in West Wales Author of The Journals of Matthew Quinton a series of naval historical fiction set in the Restoration period and of non fiction books including Pepys s Navy and Blood of Kings Currently living in Bedfordshire UK but originally from Llanelli in West Wales site_link A looming invasion A doomed voyage There s blood in the water Philippe Kermorvant unfairly dismissed from the French Revolutionary Navy accepts command of a privateer from its enigmatic owner Having ignored his early misgivings the mission quickly takes a dark turn endangering the lives of everyone on board Meanwhile the British prepare for an assault on the French mainland Lord Wilden Philippe s cousin is charged with overseeing the mission As the revolutionary forces savagely clash with the combined strength of the British naval power and the French royalist rebels still harkening for the return of the monarchy defeat for either side will prove utterly devastating And Philippe stuck far away from the action will have to contend not just with the impending destruction of his own future but the risk of losing everyone he holds dear An utterly compelling Age of Sail adventure told in fascinating detail from each side of the conflict from a renowned naval historian The Cursed Shore An epic Napoleonic naval adventure The Philippe Kermorvant Thrillers Book 3 The summer of 1795 finds English soldiers disembarking at Quiberon Bay in Brittany The expedition a joint venture with French royalists is an attempt to regain control of France and place the imprisoned boy king Louis XVII on the throne Accompanying the expeditionary force is Lord Edward Ned Wilden who is also a lord of the Admiralty and less widely known a spymaster for the prime minister Neither believes this venture will be successful There is too much infighting between the royalist factions The emigr s look upon the Chouans and Vend eans with disdain even though these men of varying social ranks have remained in France to fight the republicans while the former fled their homeland Ned s job is to keep peace among these factions a thankless job that he would far rather be someone else s. The cursed shore book 1 summary Leonore Kermorvant the widow of a royalist martyr whom she betrayed to the republicans questions where she stands with her brother in law There is an attraction between the two but there also is an unbridgeable gulf that neither seems willing to cross Perhaps this is one reason she dares to violate all that she believes in to provide succor to a wounded royalist colonel. The cursed shore kindle edition Philippe Kermorvant Vicomte de Saint Victor is livid when he discovers the intruder in his home but the colonel s contingency plans find Philippe the prisoner instead of the royalist It is only Leonore who can save him but her actions have opened a wider chasm and once free he immediately goes to sea Since his requests for a new ship fall on deaf ears within the Marine Nationale he grudgingly accepts a privateer s commission from a Swiss merchant and his son Philippe has misgivings but needs the funds to repair his chateau With a comrade from his old crew joining in this voyage he sets aside that niggling worry Only to have it roar back to life when secret orders are revealed after they set sail. Cursed shore points of interest Davies has a knack for taking disparate threads and twining them together to create a riveting tale that is adroitly brought together in unexpected ways that eventually make perfect sense At the same time the characters and the situations they face elicit emotions that readers readily understand and identify with Normally Lord Wilden is portrayed as the villain in the Philippe Kermorvant Thrillers but in this third title in the series he is a likeable character who comes across in ways that make him very human It is the introduction of a new young character that deftly makes this humanizing poignant and real while at the same time bringing the realities of war front and center Of the three books so far The Cursed Shore is the best and Davies does a laudable job in making a highly complex event easy to comprehend. Cursed shore gw2 map This review originally appeared at Pirates and Privateers Historical Fiction If you ve read all the british naval history series since Hornblower you will find this one refreshingly different but comfortably much the same Same battles Same heroic captain Same romantic saga But not British at all Historical Fiction