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The Ship’s Carpenter

The Ship’s Carpenter features nautical adventure during the mid-18th-century wars between Great Britain and France. The story unfolds as Abraham, an English shipwright, flees to France to avoid impressment and to find permanent employment. There he meets his French love, Yvette. However with the start of war, he loses both his love and position and returns to England only to be pressed into the navy. Sea battles, dramatic escapes, and heroic and chivalrous deeds follow.

The adventures and trials weave a path from London to France and on to the western colonies as Abraham, Yvette, and a host of historical characters struggle to find a rewarding life amidst the turbulent wars between the contrasting and stratified cultures of their countries. The French warship la Renommée, featured and based upon real events, links all in a world of ardent lovers and adventurous warriors crossing paths in the frigate’s wake.

Book Background

The novel was the result of my interest in a French tall-ship that first came to my attention in the book La Renommée, Frégate de VIII, 1744. After years of research, I discovered intricate and incredible connections between those associated with the frigate. The more I uncovered of those obscure and bygone figures, the more convinced I became that their tale demanded to be chronicled. The Ship’s Carpenter is the debut book in the Tween Sea & Shore Series that will be followed by two more books also based on those personalities linked to the French warship.

The book was released September 12, 2019, by FireShip Press in paperback and eBook formats and is currently available for order at Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers.

Paperback
ISBN 978-1-61179-347-5

eBook
ISBN 978-1-61179-348-2

Categories: Historical, Action & Adventure, Sea Stories

Distribution: Ingram (LSI), Fireship Press

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https://FireshipPress.com