BATTLE'S FLOOD

An enthralling tale of bravery and naval warfare this is book two of a series featuring Jack Stannard for all fans of Hornblower but may be read alone. Captain Jack Stannard showed his worth in the Battle of the Solent. Little did he know how his actions there would change his life forever. He is drawn to Elizabeth I's spymaster Francis Walsingham who sets Stannard on an extraordinary mission to Africa and the Caribbean in company with two unscrupulous sea captains, John Hawkins and Francis Drake. Stannard may be a man of the sea at heart, but for the former Dunwich lad, this adventure is on a new and unprecedented scale, from the force of a hurricane to the might of the Spanish fleet. 303pp, paperback.