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  • The Maddest Idea

  • Revolution at Sea, Book 2
  • By: James Nelson
  • Narrated by: John Lee
  • Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins

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Summary

There's a traitor in their ranks determined to thwart their fight for freedom...

1775: General George Washington has discovered his store of gunpowder has dwindled to next to nothing. Captain Isaac Biddlecomb is despatched to Bermuda to capture the British gunpowder known to be there. But the plan is a trap, hatched by a traitor among the Patriots. Washington's aide-de-camp Major Edward Fitzgerald is tasked with hunting the traitor down; Biddlecomb meanwhile must work to free his ship and his men and capture the gunpowder so vital in the fight for freedom.

Will Biddlecomb and Fitzgerald overcome their common enemy – the greatest military power on Earth?

©1997 James L. Nelson (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

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"A fine adventure series." (Publishers Weekly)

"Authenticity runs throughout the book, carrying total conviction." (Patrick O'Brian)

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