The year is 1775 and the Seven Years War is over.
William Kite is now a successful ship-owner in Liverpool, happily married and gradually taking over the running of the business from his partner, Makepeace.
But his family is torn apart when cholera strikes, taking away his son and driving his wife to a mysterious suicide.
Devastated, Kite goes back to sea and becomes enmeshed with the beginning of the American Revolution, and a dirty civil war.
His friend Arthur Tyrell is killed by a group of rebels led by the despicable John Rathburne, who turns his attention to Kite straight away.
Kite’s presence in New England has kindled the enmity of the American "Patriots’ and he is forced to fight for his honour, his life and his future…
'A memorable historical saga'. - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.
‘The Privateersman’ is an authentic and adventurous historical thriller from expert naval author Richard Woodman. It is the follow-up to Woodman’s first William Kite novel, ‘The Guineaman’.
Born in London in 1944, Richard Woodman crewed in a Tall Ships race before becoming an indentured midshipman in cargo-liners at the age of sixteen. He has sailed in a variety of ships, including weather ships, lighthouse tenders and trawlers, serving from apprentice to captain. He is the creator of Nathaniel Drinkwater and in 1978 he won The Maritime Society's Barbara Harmer Award for a work of original maritime history and is the author of seventeen novels. A member of the Society for Nautical Research and the Navy Records Society, in his spare time Richard sails an elderly gaff cutter with his wife and two children. The Privateersman is the second in the William Kite trilogy, following The Guineaman and preceding The East Indiaman.
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William Kite is now a successful ship-owner in Liverpool, happily married and gradually taking over the running of the business from his partner, Makepeace.
But his family is torn apart when cholera strikes, taking away his son and driving his wife to a mysterious suicide.
Devastated, Kite goes back to sea and becomes enmeshed with the beginning of the American Revolution, and a dirty civil war.
His friend Arthur Tyrell is killed by a group of rebels led by the despicable John Rathburne, who turns his attention to Kite straight away.
Kite’s presence in New England has kindled the enmity of the American "Patriots’ and he is forced to fight for his honour, his life and his future…
'A memorable historical saga'. - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.
‘The Privateersman’ is an authentic and adventurous historical thriller from expert naval author Richard Woodman. It is the follow-up to Woodman’s first William Kite novel, ‘The Guineaman’.
Born in London in 1944, Richard Woodman crewed in a Tall Ships race before becoming an indentured midshipman in cargo-liners at the age of sixteen. He has sailed in a variety of ships, including weather ships, lighthouse tenders and trawlers, serving from apprentice to captain. He is the creator of Nathaniel Drinkwater and in 1978 he won The Maritime Society's Barbara Harmer Award for a work of original maritime history and is the author of seventeen novels. A member of the Society for Nautical Research and the Navy Records Society, in his spare time Richard sails an elderly gaff cutter with his wife and two children. The Privateersman is the second in the William Kite trilogy, following The Guineaman and preceding The East Indiaman.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
