Book description
The Indian Ocean, 1809. At stake: Britain's commercial lifeline to
India and naval supremacy. In one fatal season, the natural order of
maritime power since Trafalgar was destroyed. Storm and Conquest
brings together the terrifying ordeal of men, women and children
caught at sea in hurricanes, and those who survived to drive the
French from the Eastern seas. All shared a need to prove themselves -
to make a career, or a fortune, or a marriage - in places which could
be at once magnificent and terrifying.
Stephen Taylor grew up in South Africa, and now works for The
Times. He is the author of several celebrated books on Africa, most
recently The Caliban Shore, which was described by Paul Theroux as 'a
wonderful book, hugely satisfying on many levels' and by Jan Morris as
'masterly ... A great adventure story.'
