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The Threat in the West Indies

The Merriman Chronicles, Book 2

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The Threat in the West Indies

By: Roger Burnage
Narrated by: Nigel Peever
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The year is 1793 and Captain James Abel Merriman has been sent to the West Indies as Captain of His Majesty’s sloop Aphrodite. Once again seconded to Mr. Grahame of the Revenue Service and under orders of Lord Stevenage of the Treasury Service, they are to discover French and Spanish activities across the islands which will decide their future actions.

England's oldest enemy France - now under the control of Napoleon Bonaparte - is in the throes of the revolution and also is at war with Austria and the Netherlands. At this point in history - February 1793 - France declares war on England.

In the West Indies, many of the islands had been fought over by the British, the French and the Spanish. The principal islands of St. Lucia, Martinique and Guadeloupe are still in French hands although this may be about to change.

©2014 Roger Burnage (P)2024 Robin Burnage Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Sea Adventures War & Military War

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This is a superb continuation of the Merriman chronicles By: Roger Burnage. Entertaining from the very first page to the last. Great characters and plenty of action keep you on the edge of your seat. Nigel Peever's production and narration is superb as always and help make a good book brilliant. Highly recommended.
I was kindly given a copy of the book by the narrator and leave this honest re

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Good collection of crew History of early spying along with the dangers Importance of mail for moral and general info
Liked routine to save lives fight boredom and give sense of achievement

War routine loneliness at sea for years

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OMG what a brilliant and thrilling story that roger has written it is a must to listen to if you have not heard book one please do because it will carry on with the political life of the time the narrative is by Nigel Peever is so brilliant with all of his many voices that he does and the sound effects are amazing thank you 😊😎😎

Fantastic

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If you like Napoleonic era navy adventure stories then this book is for you. Loved it .
it's well written and crafted.
Narrator does an excellent job . it's more productions than straight forward narration feels like a quality radio production, lets you get immersed in the book.

Absolutely brilliant

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