This story is set in the winter of 1773, in and around the West Country of England. Midshipman Bolitho's ship, the Gorgon, is laid up for refit, and he with some other 'young gentlemen' is allowed home for Christmas. Bolitho, now seventeen,...
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Fifteen-year old Septimus Quinn is not your everyday hero. He makes his mark aboard HMS Althea in spite of his spectacles, which he always wore when he wanted to think. His keenness for scientific experiments - no matter how successful - gets him in...
Midshipman...
Автор: Касслер Клайв , Дю Брюл Джек
Серия: The Oregon Files #9
Язык: английский
Год: 2013
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