Raoul Yvard, daring captain of the French lugger Le Feu-Follet, slips into Italian waters under Nelson’s nose, drawn by Ghita, a devout girl who loves him but will not marry a man without faith. English frigates, Neapolitan politics and the execution of Admiral Caraccioli shape the chase.
A late Cooper sea story that weighs faith against freethinking amid fine Mediterranean seamanship. Download the free EPUB.