Book description
1793: the thunder of cannon fire echoes across the
English Channel, chilling the stoutest hearts . . .
The opening skirmishes of the French Revolutionary War send ageing
frigate HMS Themis into waters swarming with enemy ships of the
line. Instructed to survey the French coastline, she's soon in the
thick of the action: cutlasses slash and bayonets skewer, cannons
splinter decks and sever limbs. Onto the smoky deck strides young
Lieutenant Charles Hayden.
With an English father and a French mother, the Admiralty are
reluctant to give Hayden his first command. Instead, he is to act as a
bulwark between the Themis's tyrannical Captain Hart and a
mutinous crew. Steering a course between the cowardly captain and the
treacherous crew, English common sense and French pride, Hayden must
first master his wits before challenging the might of the French naval
war machine.
Sean Thomas Russell is a lifelong sailor whose passion for the sea -
and his love of nautical history - inspired
Under Enemy Colours
. He lives on Vancouver Island.
